| Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry | |
| Professor: Seiji Yamazoe | |
| Associate Professor: Yasuji Oura | |
| Assosiate Professor: Hideyuki Kawasoko | |
| Assistant Professor: Soichi Kikkawa | |
| Keywords related to the research activities performed in the Laboratory
of Cosmochemistry are "the solar system, including the earth",
"elements and isotopic compositions" and "nuclear chemistry
and radiochemistry". The solar system is composed of numerous
planetary materials including the earth, which all formed 4.56 billion years
ago. Small objects like meteorites stopped their evolution at the earliest
stage of the solar system history while the earth has been experiencing various
changes until the present day. In our laboratory, research areas encompass
those from the environmental and material evolution at the initial stage of the
solar system to the present-day change occurring in the earth. Thus, our research goal is to elucidate the
cosmochemical, geochemical and environmental processes from the birth of the
solar system up to the present day of the earth from the viewpoint of element
and isotopic compositions. In order to
elucidate these processes, both knowledge and approaches of nuclear chemistry
and radiochemistry are essential, so we are also concurrently conducting
researches in these areas. The latest
research themes are as follows: 1. Cosmochemical research on extra-terrestrial materials obtained by space missions 2. Research on the chemical composition of meteorites 3. Research on core-mantle interaction for the earth and Mars 4. Research on the circulation of substances based on the elemental and isotopic abundances of trace elements |
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