Micro Elemental Analyser for Modern Combustion Analysis

对新化合物的所有生物学和物理学研究都依赖于对其化学组成的准确了解。因此，我们请求提供必要的资金，用于购置一台坚固的台式元素分析仪，以及一台高精度电子微量天平和一个现代化的控制和数据评估装置，以便快速分析各种样品的碳、氢、氮和硫含量，包括有机物、无机物和聚合物。所要求的元素分析仪配有自动进样器，可进行全天候分析，其现代软件特别适合多用户配置以及HQP培训。** 布洛克大学目前没有用于元素分析的现场仪器。这使得一个由四名研究人员组成的团队无法对包括重要药用化合物、新催化剂和磁性材料在内的各种系统进行必要的燃烧分析。如果不紧急解决这个问题，它将对团队的研究进展产生灾难性的影响，并通过推迟提交物质组成专利以及在顶级期刊上发表工作来危及工业合作。此外，所要求的元素分析仪还可以为Brock研究人员提供对空气和/或湿度敏感的化合物的简单表征，这些化合物通常太不稳定，无法运送到商业设施。

All biological and physical studies of new compounds rely upon the accurate knowledge of their chemical composition. We are therefore requesting the funds necessary for the acquisition of a robust, benchtop elemental analyzer together with a high precision electronic microbalance and a modern control and data evaluation unit for fast analysis of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulfur content of a broad range of samples that include organics, inorganics and polymers. The requested elemental analyzer is fitted with an autosampler for round the clock analyses and its modern software is particularly well-suited for a multi-user configuration, as well as the training of HQP. ******There is currently no on-site instrumentation at Brock University for elemental analysis. This is preventing a team of four researchers from carrying out essential combustion analyses on a diverse range of systems that include important medicinal compounds, new catalysts and magnetic materials. If this is not urgently resolved it will have a catastrophic effect on the research progress of the team and jeopardise industrial collaborations by delaying the filing of composition-of-matter patents as well as the publication of work in top-tier journals. In addition, the requested elemental analyzer will also permit the facile characterisation of air and/or moisture sensitive compounds for Brock researchers, whose compounds are often too unstable to ship off-site to commercial facilities.**