Upgrade of Electron Microprobe X-Ray Analysis System

该奖项提供了大约三分之一的资金， 需要升级X射线分析和计算机自动化 系统连接到电子显微探针安装在 新墨西哥州大学气象研究所。的 升级的剩余费用将由 大学和美国宇航局的行星材料计划奖 和地球化学。 升级后的电子探针实验室将开放给 新墨西哥州大学的研究人员。增强的 需要探针的微分析能力用于各种 项目包括陨石材料分析，钻 从卡特迈、阿拉斯加和长谷返回的岩心样本， 加州科学钻探项目，研究铁的形成 以及实验岩石学的研究。

This award provides approximately one-third of the funds required to upgrade the X-ray analysis and computer automation systems attached to the electron microprobe installed at the Institute for Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico. The remaining costs of the upgrade will be equally shared by the University and an award from NASA's program for Planetary Materials and Geochemistry. The upgraded electron microprobe laboratory will be open to researchers at the University of New Mexico. The enhanced microanalytical capabilities of the probe are needed for a variety of projects including the analysis of meteorite materials, drill core samples returned from the Katmai, Alaska and Long Valley, California scientific drilling projects, studies of iron formations in Brazil, and research in experimental petrology.