Acquisition of Scanning Electron Microscope with X-ray Analysis System for Geology, Biology, and Environmental Studies at Dickinson College: An RUI Request

这项拨款是通过主要研究仪器（MRI）计划获得的，为购买一台配备能谱仪（EDS）的扫描电子显微镜（SEM）的费用提供部分支持，用于在宾夕法尼亚州卡莱尔的迪金森学院（Dickinson College）对地质和生物样品进行主要元素成分测绘和半定量现场分析。除了将EDS-SEM作为一种教育工具，让本科生参与有意义的研究项目外，迪金森学院的教师还将利用EDS-SEM研究弧岩浆的岩石成因，第四纪泥层和奥陶系钾质膨长岩的地球化学研究，以及苔藓虫骨骼的微量元素研究。＊＊＊

9977506YogodzinskiThis grant, made through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, provides partial support of the costs of acquiring a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) for major elemental compositional mapping and semi-quantitative spot analyses of geological and biological samples at Dickinson College, an undergraduate institution in Carlisle, PA. In addition to its use as an educational tool involving undergrads in meaningful research projects, Dickinson faculty will make use of the EDS-SEM for studies of the petrogenesis of arc magmas, geochemical investigations of Quaternary tephras and Ordovician K-bentonites, and trace element investigations of bryozoan skeletons. ***