Improving environmental research through the isotope analysis of ever smaller archives

£7.5M GBP

Funder	Natural Environment Research Council
Recipient Organization	Cardiff University
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Jul 03, 2022
End Date	Mar 31, 2024
Duration	637 days
Number of Grantees	14
Roles	Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`NE/X005798/1`

Grant Description

We aim to set up the first UK-based Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer equipped with a new generation of ultra-sensitive detectors (hereafter referred to as microTIMS).

This new generation of mass spectrometers allows precise measurement of the isotope composition of non-gaseous elements (e.g., Sr, Nd, Pb, Ca, Os) with much lowered sample loads (down to 10 picograms, with 8-10 increase in precision at loads