Facility Support: Accelerator Mass Spectrometry at PRIME Lab

设施支持：PRIME 实验室的加速器质谱分析

• 批准号: 1153689
• 负责人: Marc Caffee
• 金额: $ 269.99万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-15 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1153689&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Facility; Support; Accelerator; Mass; Spectrometry

The Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory (PRIME Lab) routinely measures 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl and 129I in rock, soil, water, and air for a large community of NSF-sponsored and other users providing i) state-of-the-art measurements for routinely-utilized radionuclides for the NSF user community, ii) chemical preparation services for those NSF investigators who do not have their own in-house laboratories or expertise, iii) new measurement techniques that will be used in future geoscience investigations, and iv) NSF geoscience investigators with the knowledge needed to apply radionuclides to geoscience problems. The measurement of radionuclides by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is an essential component of the study of Earth surface processes and Quaternary geology. These radionuclides are used to date landforms, fluids, and sediments, and to determine rates of erosion, soil formation, and tectonic deformation, geologic processes that directly impact human populations. These measurements are reported in hundreds of scientific reports published in numerous internationally recognized journals. We are actively engaged in teaching sample preparation methods to the next generation of researchers, independent of their affiliation. PRIME Lab also employs numerous undergraduate Purdue University students, teaching them the basics of data acquisition and data analysis. PRIME Lab plays a significant role in the larger education community in the West Lafayette area. Working together with the College of Science counselor and the Department of Physics Outreach Director, PRIME Lab hosts hundreds of students annually on laboratory tours.

普渡大学稀有同位素测量实验室 (PRIME Lab) 定期测量岩石、土壤、水和空气中的 10Be、26Al、36Cl 和 129I，为 NSF 赞助的大型社区和其他用户提供 i) 最先进的测量为 NSF 用户社区常规使用的放射性核素，ii) 为那些没有自己的内部实验室或专业知识的 NSF 研究人员提供化学制备服务，iii) 新测量将用于未来地球科学研究的技术，以及 iv) NSF 地球科学研究人员，拥有将放射性核素应用于地球科学问题所需的知识。通过加速器质谱 (AMS) 测量放射性核素是地球表面过程和第四纪地质学研究的重要组成部分。这些放射性核素用于测定地貌、流体和沉积物的年代，并确定侵蚀率、土壤形成和构造变形以及直接影响人类的地质过程。这些测量结果在许多国际公认期刊上发表的数百份科学报告中都有报道。我们积极向下一代研究人员教授样品制备方法，无论他们的隶属关系如何。 PRIME Lab 还雇用了众多普渡大学本科生，教授他们数据采集和数据分析的基础知识。 PRIME Lab 在西拉斐特地区较大的教育社区中发挥着重要作用。 PRIME 实验室与理学院辅导员和物理系外展主任合作，每年接待数百名学生进行实验室参观。