Acquisition of an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer for a multi-user facility for geological, biogeochemical, and environmental research

康奈尔大学致力于建立一个多用户元素分析设施，利用电感耦合等离子体光发射光谱仪(ICP-OES)对环境、地质、能源和生态研究中的各种样品进行分析。电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪能够在各种样品矩阵中进行快速和灵敏的多元素分析，是一种非常适合为广泛用户群服务的可靠技术。康奈尔大学的活跃研究重点将极大地受益于ICP-OES，包括地热能、环境水和土壤地球化学、火成岩和变质岩石学、生物地球化学、环境工程、地质碳封存、水力压裂致密气开采以及材料科学。元素分析最先进设施的显著扩展将使康奈尔大学和我们的地区高等教育合作伙伴能够进行各种各样的研究。该设施将支持一系列项目，从开发用于燃料电池的奇异金属催化剂，到恢复古代海洋的化学物质，到了解地下卤水中金属运输的机制，到与火山作用有关的岩浆过程，等等。新仪器将用于直接解决区域环境问题，例如量化酸雨对森林养分供应的影响，以及天然气勘探中水力压裂对水质的影响。我们计划为康奈尔大学和地区学院的学生整合分析技术和数据质量控制/质量保证方面的实践教育。

Cornell University seeks to establish a multi-user elemental analytical facility with an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) for the analysis of a wide variety of samples for environmental, geological, energy, and ecological research. ICP-OES is capable of rapid and sensitive multi-element analysis in a variety of sample matrices, and is a robust technology well-suited for serving a broad user base. Active research foci at Cornell that will greatly benefit from ICP-OES include geothermal energy, environmental aqueous and soil geochemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, biogeochemistry, environmental engineering, geological carbon sequestration, and tight gas exploitation by hydraulic fracturing, as well as material sciences. A significant expansion of state of the art facilities for elemental analysis will enable a wide variety of research at Cornell and our regional higher education partners. The facility will support projects ranging from the development of exotic metal catalysts for fuel cells, to recovering the chemistry of the ancient oceans, to understanding the mechanisms of metal transport in subsurface brines, to magmatic processes associated with volcanism, and beyond. The new instrumentation will be used to directly address regional environmental issues, such as quantifying the impacts of acid rain on forest nutrient supply and the impacts of hydraulic fracturing in natural gas exploration on water quality. We plan to integrate hands on education in analytical techniques and data quality control/quality assurance for students from Cornell and regional colleges.