Acquisition of a Micro-IR Spectrometer System at ASU

该合同为购买具有近红外、中红外和远红外测量能力的红外光谱仪系统提供了所需资金的三分之一。该仪器将在亚利桑那州立大学化学系安装和操作。该大学承诺为此次收购提供所需的剩余资金。化学系的研究人员在矿物学和地球化学方面有一个密集的研究项目，这需要使用最先进的红外光谱法。目前的研究项目包括：(1)硅酸盐和铝硅酸盐玻璃的结构研究；(2)硅酸盐玻璃和熔体中水溶液的研究；(3)硅铝酸盐的原子有序-无序问题；(4)高压相的结构和热力学研究。

This award provides one-third of the funds required for the purchase of an infrared (IR) spectrometer system with capabilities for near-, mid-, and far-IR measurements. The instrumentation is to be installed and operated in the Department of Chemistry at the Arizona State University. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for this acquisition. Researchers in the Chemistry Department have an intensive research program in mineralogy and geochemistry which requires access to state-of-the-art infrared spectrometry. Current research projects include: (1) structural studies of silicate and aluminosilicate glasses, (2) studies of water solution in silicate glasses and melts, (3) atomic order-disorder problems in aluminosilicates, (4) structural and thermodynamic studies of high-pressure phases.