NS 6900 - [Trace Element and Isotopic Analysis]

(crosslisted)
(also CHEM 6280)

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: CHEM 2080 or CHEM 2880 or CHEM 3020 or CHEM 3900; PHYS 2208 and MATH 1120, or permission of instructor. Next offered 2014-2015. (Offered even years) Enrollment primarily for: graduate students and advanced undergraduate students.

J. T. Brenna.

Survey course in modern high-precision isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) techniques and trace/surface methods of analysis. Topics include dual inlet and continuous flow IRMS, elemental MS, atomic, X-ray, and electron spectroscopies, ion and electron microscopies, and biological and solid state applications.