Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Extension of the Frequency Region to the Far Infrared and Upgrade of a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer

该奖项将用于升级正在进行的研究项目中使用的工程研究设备。该项目是通过有机气体催化分解原位生成的碳对滑动系统进行高温润滑的研究。设备升级包括一个远红外配件和一个傅里叶变换红外光谱仪的快速动态配件。这些附件将使设备能够跟踪快速反应，并将金属表面的氢-金属键与存在于表面及其附近的各种分子中的其他键区分开来。这将使我们有可能对反应和表面进行详细的表征。

This award will be used to upgrade engineering research equipment being used in an on-going research project. The project is a study of high temperature lubrication of sliding systems by carbon generated in situ from catalytic dissociation of organic gases. The equipment upgrades consist of a far infrared accessory and a fast kinetic accessory to a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer. These accessories will allow the equipment to follow fast reactions and to distinguish hydrogen-metal bonds at the metal surface from other bonds in the various molecules present on and near the surface. This will make it possible to characterize the reactions and the surfaces in detail.