Acquisition of an ICP-Optical Emission Spectrometer for Undergraduate Research in the Natural Sciences

购买 ICP-发射光谱仪用于自然科学研究本科生研究

• 批准号: 0420790
• 负责人: Kenneth Johnson
• 金额: $ 10.62万
• 依托单位: University of Houston - Downtown
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0420790&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; ICP; Optical; Emission; Spectrometer

0420790JohnsonThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program grant supports acquisition of an inductively-coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD). UHD is a non-Ph.D. granting and minority serving institution. Ongoing and future undergraduate research projects at UHD encompass a wide spectrum of geologic and environmental topics, for which ICP-OES capabilities for trace element determinations in aqueous solutions are essential. Specific scientific studies currently underway at UHD that will utilize the ICP-OES include: 1) a study of the origin and evolution of sub-volcanic magma chambers, and the tectonic implications of magmatism, in the western United States; 2) a geochemical study of hydrothermal iron ore deposits in the western U.S.; 3) compositional distinctions between geophagous clays (i.e., clay deliberately consumed by humans) and non-geophagous clays; 4) determination of heavy metal pollutants in the Houston Ship Channel; and 5) evaluation of metal contents and metals leaching in heavily agricultural soil profiles. One of the principal goals of the science faculty at UHD is to produce science graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary for entry into a graduate program, or into science-related employment, directly upon graduation. Purchase of an ICP-OES will strengthen the science program at UHD, particularly in the geosciences, and will allow students to gain expertise in one of the most powerful analytical tools available today. It is anticipated that inclusion of this technology will help promote interest in the sciences amongst underrepresented minorities and further enhance other programs at UHD designed to increase the number of minority students earning baccalaureate degrees in the natural sciences.***

0420790Johnsonsonthisthis这项主要研究仪器（MRI）计划拨款支持收购休斯敦 - 镇大学（UHD）的电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪（ICP-OES）。 UHD是一个非ph.d。授予和少数民族服务机构。 UHD的正在进行的和未来的本科研究项目涵盖了广泛的地质和环境主题，对于水性解决方案中的ICP-OES来确定痕量元素的能力至关重要。 目前在UHD正在利用ICP-OE的特定科学研究包括：1）对亚volcanic岩浆腔的起源和进化的研究，以及在美国西部的岩浆主义的构造意义； 2）在美国西部的水热铁矿石沉积物的地球化学研究； 3）地球粘土（即，粘土故意被人类）和非地球形粘土之间的组成区分； 4）确定休斯顿船舶通道中的重金属污染物； 5）评估金属含量和金属在大量农业土壤剖面中浸出。 UHD科学学院的主要目标之一是在毕业后直接培养进入研究生课程或与科学相关的工作所必需的知识和技能的科学毕业生。 购买ICP-OE将在UHD，尤其是在地球科学中加强科学计划，并使学生能够在当今可用的最强大的分析工具之一中获得专业知识。 可以预计，该技术的纳入将有助于促进对代表性不足的少数群体之间对科学的兴趣，并进一步增强UHD的其他计划，旨在增加自然科学中获得学士学位的少数族裔学生的数量。*** *** ***