Acquisition of an Automated X-Ray Diffractometer

该合同提供了购买将在乔治华盛顿大学地质系安装和运行的X射线衍射仪系统所需资金的一半。该大学致力于提供所需的剩余资金。新的X射线衍射仪将取代已有二十年历史的旧仪器。通过X射线衍射对材料进行表征是地质、化学和法医科学系以及乔治华盛顿大学土木、机械和环境工程学院和材料科学科的研究项目和教学课程中的常规要求。该X射线衍射仪还将向区域用户开放，包括哥伦比亚特区大学的本科生和史密森学会的研究小组。

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.