Acquisition of a scanning electron microscope, Beloit College

购买扫描电子显微镜，伯洛伊特学院

• 批准号: 0079326
• 负责人: Cameron Davidson
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Beloit College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-08-01 至 2002-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0079326&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; scanning; electron; microscope; Beloit

0079326DavidsonThis grant, made through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, provides partial support of the costs of acquiringa modern, fully automated, low-vacuum scanning electron microscope and light-element EDS detector (SEM-EDS) for research and research training in Geology, Biology, Chemistry, Anthropology, and Museum Studies at Beloit College. SEM-EDS analysis is an essential tool in these fields for characterizing surface topography and chemical composition at the micron scale. Current student and faculty research that will be enhanced by the acquisition of the new SEM-EDS system include 1) metamorphic petrology and tectonic studies of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia; 2) subduction-zone metamorphism in Syros, Greece; 3) the chemical, biologic, and physical environment of microbial nodules from a freshwater creek in southcentral Wisconsin; 4) provenance studies of copper and bronze artifacts from Chile; and 5) use and wear patterns of stone tools from the Gottschall rock shelter in southwestern Wisconsin. In addition, the new SEM-EDS facility will enhance the educational outreach mission at Beloit College by allowing K-12 students in the Beloit area to image and analyze specimens they collect. ***

0079326 Davidson通过主要研究仪器（MRI）计划获得的这笔赠款，为Beloit学院的地质学，生物学，化学，人类学和博物馆研究的研究和研究培训提供了现代化，全自动，低真空扫描电子显微镜和轻元素EDS探测器（SEM-EDS）的部分支持。 SEM-EDS分析是这些领域中用于表征微米级表面形貌和化学成分的重要工具。 目前的学生和教师的研究，将加强收购新的SEM-EDS系统，包括1）变质岩石学和构造研究的海岸山脉在不列颠哥伦比亚省; 2）俯冲带变质作用在锡罗斯，希腊; 3）化学，生物和物理环境的微生物结核从淡水小溪在中南部威斯康星州; 4）智利的铜和青铜文物的来源研究; 5）来自威斯康星州西南部戈特沙尔岩石庇护所的石器工具的使用和磨损模式。 此外，新的SEM-EDS设施将加强贝洛伊特学院的教育推广使命，使贝洛伊特地区的K-12学生能够对他们收集的标本进行成像和分析。