RUI: Acquisition of FTIR Spectrometer and Microscope for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research in Geology

0216496 Ihinger来自这项重大研究仪器（MRI）赠款的资金将用于购买傅里叶变换红外（FTIR）光谱仪，该光谱仪将被安置在威斯康星州奥克莱尔大学（UWEC）的地质系。 该仪器将配备一个显微镜附件，有助于研究矿物在自然地质环境中生长和扩散的动力学。 FTIR设施将成为UWEC与本科生合作研究项目的主要分析工具。 特别是，该仪器将与美国国家科学基金会岩石学部（奖励编号0126285）获得的资金一起使用，以调查热液石英晶体中含水杂质的性质。这项研究建立在与本科生合作研究的基础上，包括识别天然晶体的生长速度和变质过程中热事件的时间。 该仪器将是第一个可用于学术使用的教育环境中的所有北方和西部威斯康星州。 威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校将提供30%的设备购置费用，并将进一步提供购买后前五年仪器100%的维护和保养费用。

0216496IhingerFunds from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)grant will be used to acquire a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer that will be housed in the Department of Geology at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire (UWEC). The instrument will be equipped with a microscope attachment that will aid in the study of the kinetics of mineral growth and diffusion in natural geologic environments. The FTIR facility will be the primary analytical tool for a variety of collaborative research projects with undergraduates at UWEC. In particular, the instrument will be used in conjunction with funds secured by the Petrology Division at the NSF (award EAR-0126285) to investigate the nature of water-bearing impurities in hydrothermal quartz crystals This research builds on previous contributions resulting from collaborative research with undergraduate students, including discerning the growth rate of natural crystals and the timing of thermal events in metamorphic processes. The instrument will be the first of its kind available for academic use in an educational environment in all of northern and western Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will provide a 30% match for the cost of acquisition of the equipment and will further provide 100% of the maintenance and upkeep costs of the instrument for the first five years after purchase.***