Suppport of UNM/SNL Ion Microprobe Facility

该合同将为新墨西哥大学/桑迪亚国家实验室离子微探测器设施两年的运营和维护提供部分支持。最近，一个二手的、但相对现代的离子微探测器仪器从桑迪亚转移到了新墨西哥大学的地球和行星科学系。它将由大学和Sandia的工作人员联合操作，可用的机器分析时间将在两个合作组织之间平均分配。该仪器的分析能力包括以10微米量级的空间分辨率原位测量微量元素和同位素组成，它将用于新墨西哥大学的研究人员以及校外用户的各种地球化学研究项目。

This award will provide partial support for two years of operations and maintenance of the University of New Mexico/Sandia National Laboratory ion microprobe facility. A used, but relatively modern, ion microprobe instrument has recently been moved from Sandia to the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. It is to be operated jointly by University and Sandia staff, and the available machine analytical time will be split evenly between the two collaborating organizations. The analytical capabilities of the instrument include in situ measurements of trace elements and isotopic compositions with spatial resolution on the order of ten microns, and it will be used in a broad variety of geochemical research projects by investigators from the University of New Mexico as well as off-campus users.