Acquisition of a 40Ar/39Ar Dating Laboratory at Rutgers University

收购罗格斯大学 40Ar/39Ar 测年实验室

• 批准号: 0130292
• 负责人: Carl Swisher
• 金额: $ 15.5万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0130292&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; 40Ar; 39Ar; Dating; Laboratory

0130292Swisher This NSF Instrumentation and Facilities award provides funds for equipment required for the completion of a "state of the art" 40Ar/39Ar dating facility at Rutgers University designed to address a diverse array of geochronological issues in geology, paleontology and anthropology. The Rutgers facility centers around a Mass Analyzer Products 215-50 mass spectrometer recently acquired with the closure of the Princeton University Ar laboratory. The MAP 215-50 is well suited for 40Ar/39Ar research, however, ancillary sample extraction, gas purification, and computer systems were needed to make the Rutgers facility fully operational. NSF funds from this award will provide necessary CO2 laser and resistance furnace sample heating systems, and, an automated, low volume, ultra low background extraction system for gas purification. Sample extraction and gas purification systems necessary for the completion of the Rutgers 40Ar/39Ar dating system are not available, for the most part, as single off the shelf items; rather individual components and parts must be purchased, assembled, integrated calibrated and tested. Thus, in addition to equipment, funding of additional technical support during build-out, testing and calibration phases is also required. As part of cost sharing between NSF and Rutgers University, Rutgers has committed two years salary and benefit support for a permanent Ph.D. level, Research Associate faculty position for development and technical assistance during the tenure of this proposal. Thereafter, Rutgers will continue to support this position at the 50% level, the remaining time to be allotted to research initiatives, collaborative projects and university lectureships. Rutgers has also committed funds for the purchase of the MAP 215-50 mass spectrometer, over $145,000 on upgrades and modernization of research facilities and fixed equipment, and committed permanent academic year salary and benefits for the P.I. to oversee and develop these facilities. Ongoing and proposed research by the P.I., Research Associate and numerous Rutger's faculty and students will benefit immediately from implementation of the new instrumentation. The new Ar facility will serve as a catalyst, bringing together two unique working groups of Rutger's scientists; a timescale group consisting of faculty Swisher, Aubry, Berggren, Kent and Miller, and a geological paleoanthropology group of Swisher, Anton, Ashley, Blumenschine, Feibel, and Harris. Collaborative research with faculty and student investigators in geology and anthropology at Rutgers and Princeton universities is anticipated, as is continued collaborative research with other national and international colleagues. ***

0130292SWISHER本NSF仪器奖为完成“最先进的状态”所需的设备提供资金，该设备在Rutgers University的40AR/39AR约会设施中旨在解决各种地质学，古学，古生物学和人类学的地质学问题。 Rutgers设施围绕着大规模分析仪产品215-50质谱仪，最近在普林斯顿大学AR实验室关闭时获得了质谱仪。 地图215-50非常适合40AR/39AR研究，但是，需要辅助样品提取，气体净化和计算机系统来使Rutgers设施完全运行。该奖项中的NSF资金将提供必要的二氧化碳和电阻炉样品加热系统，并提供自动化的，低体积的超低背景提取系统，以进行气体净化。 在大多数情况下，无需单一的货架项目，就不可用样品提取和气体净化系统。相反，必须购买，组装，集成校准和测试的单个组件和零件。因此，除设备外，还需要在建筑物，测试和校准阶段提供额外的技术支持。 作为NSF和Rutgers大学之间成本共享的一部分，Rutgers已承诺为永久博士学位的薪水和福利支持。级别，在本提案任职期间，研究助理的发展和技术援助职位。 此后，罗格斯将继续在50％的水平上支持这一职位，剩余时间分配给研究计划，协作项目和大学讲座。罗格斯还投入了资金，用于购买地图215-50质谱仪，超过145,000美元的升级和现代化研究设施和固定设备的现代化，并为P.I.承诺了永久学年的工资和福利。监督和开发这些设施。 P.I.，研究助理和众多Rutger的教职员工的持续和拟议研究将从实施新仪器的实施中立即受益。新的AR设施将作为催化剂，将两个独特的工作组汇集在一起​​。一个时间尺度组，由教师Swisher，Aubry，Berggren，Kent和Miller以及Swisher，Anton，Ashley，Blumenschine，Feibel和Harris的地质古人类学小组组成。 预计罗特斯和普林斯顿大学的地质与人类学的教师和学生研究人员的合作研究将被与其他国家和国际同事进行持续合作研究。 ***