MRI: Acquisition of New and Upgraded Equipment for Critical Zone Laboratory at a Research-Intensive Undergraduate College

0923224 MerrittsFunds从这个主要的研究仪器（MRI）补助金将支持收购和现场和实验室分析设备的升级，以服务于研究和研究培训目标的五个PI在地球与环境部在富兰克林和马歇尔（FM），本科院校。 需要购置或升级的具体仪器将包括：1）现有X射线荧光光谱仪的升级; 2）X射线衍射仪; 3）两台伽马光谱仪; 4）便携式X射线荧光光谱仪; 5）磁力计; 6）实时动态全球定位系统装置; 7）激光衍射粒度分析仪。 这些仪器将支持以地球化学、地质考古学、水文学、生态地貌学、地球化学和土壤科学领域的地表和近地表地球过程为重点的研究。 本科生与现代分析研究方法的经验将通过FM独立学习计划和夏季研究学生奖学金培养。

0923224MerrittsFunds from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant will support the acquisition and upgrade of field and laboratory analytical equipment to serve the research and research training goals of five PIs in the Department of Earth and Environment at Franklin and Marshall (F&M), an undergraduate institution. Specific instrument to be acquired or upgraded will include: 1) upgrade of an existing X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF); 2) an X-ray diffractometer (XRD); 3) two gamma spectrometers; 4) a portable XRF spectrometer; 5) a magnetometer; 6) a real-time kinematic GPS unit; and 7) a laser diffraction particle size analyzer. The instruments will support research with a focus on surface and near-surface Earth processes in geochemistry, geoarchaeology, hydrology, ecogeomorphology, biogeochemistry, and soil science. Undergraduate student experience with modern analytical research methods will be fostered through the F&M independent study program and summer research student fellowships.