Acquisition of Inductively-Coupled Plasma Optical Emission and X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers for Geoscience Research at North Dakota State University

北达科他州立大学购买用于地球科学研究的电感耦合等离子体发射光谱仪和 X 射线荧光光谱仪

• 批准号: 2121832
• 负责人: Benjamin Laabs
• 金额: $ 20.24万
• 依托单位: North Dakota State University Fargo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2121832&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Inductively; Coupled; Plasma; Optical

This award provides funds to purchase two new analytical instruments, an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) and an X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF), for geoscience research at North Dakota State University (NDSU). The instruments will support studies of the chemical properties of North Dakota’s natural resources, focusing on water, rock, sediment, and soil. In addition to providing funding for the new instruments, the award will support an outreach program involving students and faculty at NDSU and Tribal Colleges in North Dakota. The program will involve research experiences for students interested in understanding water and soil quality in North Dakota, and is designed to broaden participation in geoscience research. Acquisition of an ICP-OES and XRF will expand the analytical capabilities of the Department of Geosciences at NDSU, which emphasizes field and laboratory-based research with undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty researchers in the department will use the instruments to support research in a variety of geoscience disciplines, including Quaternary glaciation and climate change, soil and water-quality changes in oil-and-gas producing regions in North Dakota, and chemical processes in involving rare Earth elements and metals in natural waters. Additionally, the ICP-OES and XRF will enable new research in soil science, chemistry, and natural resource management at NDSU, and will significantly augment ongoing, collaborative research between NDSU faculty and colleagues at neighboring institutions in Minnesota and Montana. This award received co-funding from the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) office at NSF.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项为在北达科他州立大学（NDSU）的地球科学研究中购买了两种新的分析仪器，即购买两种新的分析仪器，即电感耦合等离子体光学发射光谱仪（ICP-OES）和一个X射线荧光光谱仪（XRF）。这些仪器将支持对北达科他州自然资源的化学特性的研究，重点是水，岩石，沉积物和土壤。除了为新工具提供资金外，该奖项还将支持涉及NDSU和北达科他州部落学院的学生和教职员工的推广计划。该计划将涉及有兴趣了解北达科他州水和土壤质量的学生的研究经验，并旨在扩大对地球科学研究的参与。获得ICP-OES和XRF的收购将扩大NDSU地球科学系的分析能力，该部门强调与本科生和研究生的基于现场和实验室的研究。该部门的教师研究人员将使用这些工具来支持各种地球科学学科的研究，包括第四纪冰川和气候变化，北达科他州油气生产地区的土壤和水质变化，以及涉及稀有地球元素和天然水域金属的化学过程。此外，ICP-OES和XRF将在NDSU的土壤科学，化学和自然资源管理方面进行新的研究，并将大大增强NDSU教职员工与明尼苏达州和蒙大拿州邻近机构之间正在进行的合作研究。该奖项获得了NSF的既定计划（EPSCOR）办公室的共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。