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Massimo Chiari
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Via B. Rossi 1
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence)
Italy
Elemental Mass Calibration Centre (EMC2)
The EMC2 unit will be hosted in the INFN LABEC laboratory which is devoted to the analysis of the elemental composition of aerosols, environmental samples and cultural heritage by means of analytical nuclear techniques, such as ion beam analysis, besides other field of applications, for instance material science and forensics, and radiocarbon dating with accelerator mass spectrometry. The LABEC laboratory was born in 2003 with the installation of a 3 MV Tandetron particle accelerator and stems from more than thirty years of experience of the research group members with accelerator-related analytical techniques.
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Workshop Schedule 2025
Workshop Activities
Support and service
State-of-the-art high-sensitivity and high-throughput elemental analysis of atmospheric aerosols collected on daily, hourly and size-segregated (e.g. impactor) samples, using Ion Beam Analysis techniques, typically PIXE and PIGE with 3 MeV proton beams and exploiting a dedicated detection set-up made by an array of Silicon Drift Detectors for X-ray spectroscopy. The technique allows a multi-elemental analysis and is very powerful for the study of dust aerosol being sensitive to all crustal elements.Proficiency tests of individual laboratory analysis through the organization of Inter-comparison and round-robin exercises.Operation support for quality assurance and quality control for the measurement of mass concentration of particulate heavy metals and inorganic elements.Hands-on training of operators and scientists to NF and ACTRIS users.Massimo Chiarie-mail: chiari[at]fi.infn.itphone: +39 055 4572273
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