Acquisition of a Fully Automated Electron Microprobe

该奖项提供了一半的资金， 电子显微探针x射线分析仪安装在 普渡大学地球与行星科学系。 新的微探针系统将用于高空间分辨率的微探针测量。 研究项目中的分辨率元素分布分析 金伯利岩和金刚石上地幔矿物学 分离技术，煤岩学，地外物质， 多组分扩散，并将作为一般 普渡材料研究小组的分析工具。

This award provides one-half the funding necessary to acquire an electron microprobe x.ray analyzer to be installed in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. The new microprobe system will be employed for high.spatial resolution element distribution analysis in research projects on upper mantle mineralogy of kimberlites and diamonds, mineral separation technology, coal petrology, extraterrestrial materials, multicomponent diffusion, and will be available as a general analytical tool to the Purdue Materials Research Group.