Acquisition of an Electron Probe Microanalyzer

该奖项将提供所需资金的一半， 获取电子探针。这个新的电子显微镜 将主要服务于地质学教师和毕业生的需求 大学地质科学系的学生 来自印第安纳州。印第安纳州大学致力于提供 增加资金，使此次收购成为可能。 七个地质系的教师和他们的学生已经被 作为主要用户。其他六名教员预计 经常或偶尔使用。这一大群教师和他们的 学生追求在不同领域的研究（如热力学联系 变质作用中的机械和化学过程，起源 各种类型的火山岩和火成岩， 陆地和月球沉积物，晶体化学和带状 玛瑙）。这种新的微探针将取代19岁的 仪器，现在将有可能做元素微- 更准确和精确的分析。除了有 使用这种仪器来分析矿物和岩石，广泛用于 校园和社区的材料科学研究人员 有望

This award will provide half of the funds needed for the acquisition of an electron microprobe. This new electron microscope will primarily serve the needs of the Geology faculty and graduate students in the Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Indiana. The University of Indiana is committed to provide the additional funds to make this acquisition possible. Seven Geology Department faculty and their students have been identified as primary users. Six other faculty expect to be less frequent or occasional users. This large group of faculty and their students pursue research in diverse areas (e.g. thermodynamic links between mechanical and chemical processes in metamorphism, origin of various types of volcanic and igneous rocks,provenance of terrestrial and lunar sediments, crystal chemistry and banding of agate). This new microprobe will replace a 19-year old instrument,and will now make it possible to do elemental micro- analyses with greater accuracy and precision. In addition to the use of this instrument to analyze minerals and rocks, wide use by materials science researchers on the campus and in the community is expected.