China The World's Two Busiest Ion Probe Instrument

In the past 10 years, the Beijing SHRIMP Center, the two high-resolution secondary ion microprobe mass spectrometer (SHRIMP Ⅱ and SHRIMP Ⅱ e-MC) is the world's busiest and perhaps the best performance of scientific instruments. On December 18 to celebrate 10 years old at the center, said center director Professor Liu Duiyi to these two instruments at the core of large scientific instruments sharing platform, which greatly promoted the development of earth sciences in China.

Over the past 10 years, SHRIMP instrument in the analysis of samples at an average of 266.8 days and nights machines / year, opening an average of 76% machine. Since 2007, SHRIMP single instrument volume of output has been continuous research papers ranked first in the world of similar equipment.

SHRIMP efficient remote from the centers of the shared control system. The network not only to achieve a real-time observation of domestic researchers can sample images, online access to experimental data and other applications, but also make cross-border sharing of scientific instruments into the normal distance, creating a shared abroad through remote sharing system SHRIMP instrument function.

"Eleventh Five-Year", the center and outside the United Nations 22 universities and research institutes in the SHRIMP remote sharing platform based on the integration of a number of micro-beam type analytical instruments, build virtual laboratory for further establishment of remote operation of large equipment as the main means of virtual center basis.

Liu DY revealed that the Centre will continue the development of SHRIMP to remote scientific instruments on behalf of a large shared network, in Spain and Brazil as soon as the server system, the Washington University (St. Louis) to establish a remote workstation. The center will also actively involved in independent research and development of large scientific instruments, and gradually establish an excellent research facilities, technical experts and scientific instruments innovation base.

It is understood, SHRIMP Ⅱ in zircon dating that has irreplaceable advantages, lead zircon geochronology into the micro-situ analysis of the new era. In 2001, China introduced the first machine, the Beijing SHRIMP Center was established in the year. This year the center has been identified as the first Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance, National Science and Technology Infrastructure.