An X-ray Diffractometer for Undergraduate Geology Education

地质系正在购置一台X射线衍射仪 (XRD)提高本科生的实验室部分 地质学课程 使用XRD，沿着 现有电子探针和原子吸收 光谱仪，作为新的高级课程的基础 “分析实验室技术”给本科生 使用这些现代工具进行分析的实践经验 地质材料。 此外，仪器正在丰富 目前的大二和高级矿物学， 岩石学课程

The Department of Geology is acquiring an x-ray diffractometer (XRD) to improve the laboratory part of the undergraduate geology curriculum. The XRD is being used, along with the currently-owned electron microprobe and atomic absorption spectrometer, as the basis for a new senior-level course "Analytical Laboratory Techniques" to give undergraduates hands-on experience with these modern tools for analyzing geological materials. In addition, the instrument is enriching both the current sophomore and senior level mineralogy and petrology courses.