{"659968":{"#nid":"659968","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Now Online in the MCF: Inorganic Mass Spectrometry Capabilities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mcf.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMaterials Characterization Facility (MCF)\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech has installed a new inorganic m spectrometry facility. The facility includes two new inductively couple plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) systems: a Thermo iCAP RQ quadrupole ICP-MS for streamlined and high-throughput determinations of elemental concentrations and a Thermo Neoma multicollector ICP-MS with collision cell technology for the precise determinations of isotope ratios within a given sample.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach instrument can measure elemental variability in both dissolved aqueous samples as well as solids\/minerals via laser ablation microsampling from a Teledyne Iridia laser ablation system. Together the system can measure isotopes at precision in elemental systems from Li and U.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlanned applications include: (1) high-resolution measurements of Ca, Sr, Ba, Mg, and B elemental and isotopic variability in seawater and marine and terrestrial carbonates for paleoclimate reconstructions, (2) (U-Th)\/Pb dating and Hf isotope measurements to study the origin of critical mineral deposits, with a potential engineering application and the development of novel methods for increasing precision\/accuracy and minimizing sample consumption during routine analyses of water quality and environmental contamination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MCF welcomes users interested in these and other potential applications of this new facility to their scientific and engineering research to contact David Tavakoli (atavakoli6@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Materials Characterization Facility (MCF) at Georgia Tech has installed a new inorganic mass spectrometry facility. It includes two new inductively couple plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) systems: a Thermo iCAP RQ quadrupole ICP-MS for streamlined and high-throughput determinations of elemental concentrations and a Thermo Neoma multicollector ICP-MS with collision cell technology for the precise determinations of isotope ratios within a given sample.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Materials Characterization Facility (MCF) at Georgia Tech has installed a new inorganic mass spectrometry facility."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2022-08-05 17:06:41","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 16:05:12","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659967":{"id":"659967","type":"image","title":"Inorganic Mass Spectrometry at MCF","body":null,"created":"1659718945","gmt_created":"2022-08-05 17:02:25","changed":"1659718945","gmt_changed":"2022-08-05 17:02:25","alt":"Interior of a Inorganic Mass Spectrometry tool","file":{"fid":"250145","name":"MCF Isotope1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MCF%20Isotope1.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MCF%20Isotope1.png","mime":"image\/png","size":172796,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MCF%20Isotope1.png?itok=znULkdiT"}}},"media_ids":["659967"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"},{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186870","name":"go-imat"},{"id":"167535","name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering"},{"id":"109341","name":"Materials Characterization Facility"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Tavakoli (atavakoli6@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["atavakoli6@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}