Acquisition of an Electron Microprobe

该合同将为购买电子探针x射线分析仪系统提供部分资金，该系统将在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校地质科学系安装和运行。该仪器将用于在微观尺度上对岩石、矿物和其他天然材料以及合成材料进行元素分析，即空间分辨率为微米。这台新仪器将取代一台25。一年前的旧机器，已经不能用了。新的微探针实验室将为科罗拉多大学和落基山脉附近其他机构的工作人员和学生提供现代化的分析设施。

This award will provide partial funding toward the purchase of an electron microprobe x.ray analyzer system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado.Boulder. The instrument will be used for elemental analysis of rock, mineral and other natural as well as synthetic materials on a microscale, i.e., with a spatial resolution of a micrometer. The new instrument will replace a 25.year old machine that is no longer functional. The new microprobe laboratory will provide a modern analytical facility for research by staff and students of the University of Colorado and other nearby institutions in the Rocky Mountain region.