Elemental analysis and stable-isotope mass spectrometry

该补助金提供了3项设备，这些设备对有机和无机化合物的高通量，快速元素和同位素分析至关重要，这是申请人目前由NSERC和SSHRC资助的研究计划的基本程序。 这两个资助项目都需要高分辨率的元素和稳定同位素分析，以增加我们对古代和现代气候的了解。 申请的设备是申请者稳定同位素生物地球化学实验室日常使用的主要仪器。 所要求的3件物品是最重要的分析仪器，用于提供样品的关键均质化、小样品重量的高精度以及样品中碳、氮和硫等元素的丰度。

The grant provides 3 items of equipment that are crucial to high-throughput, rapid elemental and isotopic analysis of organic and inorganic compounds, which is the fundamental procedure for the applicant's research programs that are currently funded by NSERC and SSHRC.  Both of these funded programs require hihg-resolution elemental and stable-isotope analysis in order to increase our understanding of ancient and modern climates.  The equipment requested are the primary instruments in the applicant's Stable-Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory that are used on a routinely daily basis.  The 3 items requested are the most important analytical instruments to provide critical homogenization of samples, high-precision on small sample weights and subsequently the abundance of elements such as carbon, nitrogen and sulphur in samples.