Acquisition of an Automated X-Ray Diffractometer

该奖项提供了所需资金的一半， 获取待安装的X射线衍射仪系统， 在乔治华盛顿大学地质系工作 大学大学致力于提供剩余的 需要资金。 新的X射线衍射仪将取代过时的20- 年单位。X射线材料表征 衍射是研究项目中的常规要求， 地质学、化学和生物学系的教学课程 法医科学，以及土木，机械和 环境工程与材料科学组 乔治华盛顿大学。X射线衍射仪还将 可供包括本科生在内的区域用户访问 来自哥伦比亚特区大学和研究小组 史密森尼学会的

This award provides one-half the funding required for the acquisition of an X-ray diffractometer system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geology at the George Washington University. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed. The new X-ray diffractometer will replace an obsolete twenty- year old unit. The characterization of materials by X-ray diffraction is a routine requirement in the research projects and teaching curricula of the departments of Geology, Chemistry and Forensic Sciences, as well as the School of Civil, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering and the Materials Sciences Section at George Washington University. The X-ray diffractometer will also be accessible to regional users including undergraduate students from the University of the District of Columbia and research groups from the Smithsonian Institution.