MRI: Acquisition of New and Upgraded Equipment for Critical Zone Laboratory at a Research-Intensive Undergraduate College

MRI：为研究密集型本科学院的关键区域实验室购置新的升级设备

• 批准号: 0923224
• 负责人: Dorothy Merritts
• 金额: $ 54.54万
• 依托单位: Franklin and Marshall College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0923224&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; New; Upgraded; Equipment

0923224MerrittsFunds from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant will support the acquisition and upgrade of field and laboratory analytical equipment to serve the research and research training goals of five PIs in the Department of Earth and Environment at Franklin and Marshall (F&M), an undergraduate institution. Specific instrument to be acquired or upgraded will include: 1) upgrade of an existing X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF); 2) an X-ray diffractometer (XRD); 3) two gamma spectrometers; 4) a portable XRF spectrometer; 5) a magnetometer; 6) a real-time kinematic GPS unit; and 7) a laser diffraction particle size analyzer. The instruments will support research with a focus on surface and near-surface Earth processes in geochemistry, geoarchaeology, hydrology, ecogeomorphology, biogeochemistry, and soil science. Undergraduate student experience with modern analytical research methods will be fostered through the F&M independent study program and summer research student fellowships.

0923224Merritts 这项主要研究仪器 (MRI) 拨款的资金将支持现场和实验室分析设备的购置和升级，以服务于富兰克林和马歇尔 (F&M) 本科生地球与环境系的五名 PI 的研究和研究培训目标机构。 具体购买或升级的仪器包括： 1）现有X射线荧光光谱仪（XRF）的升级； 2) X射线衍射仪(XRD)； 3) 伽马能谱仪两台； 4）便携式XRF光谱仪一台； 5）磁力计； 6) 实时运动GPS单元； 7)激光衍射粒度分析仪。 这些仪器将支持地球化学、地质考古学、水文学、生态地貌学、生物地球化学和土壤科学等领域的研究，重点关注地球表面和近地表过程。 F&M 独立学习项目和暑期研究生奖学金将培养本科生使用现代分析研究方法的经验。