Upgrading of high-pressure experimental petrology laboratory at University of New Mexico

新墨西哥大学高压实验岩石学实验室升级

• 批准号: 0446524
• 负责人: David Draper
• 金额: $ 1.55万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0446524&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Upgrading; pressure; experimental; petrology; laboratory

EAR-0446524DraperSupport from NSF's Instruments and Facilities element will be used to upgrade the high-pressure facility at the University of New Mexico. The existing multi-anvil press will be refurbished to correct some minor problems, and additional streamlining of its operational procedures will take place. An existing, smaller press will be converted to a second multi-anvil, and a piston-cylinder frame acquired from the University of Oregon will be fitted with new components to bring it into service. At the completion of this work, the lab's capacity to reach pressures appropriate for studying petrological processes in the deep interiors of the Earth, Moon, and Mars will be doubled. The new piston-cylinder will also allow us access to lower pressures relevant to mid- to deep-crustal to upper-mantle processes applicable to both terrestrial and martian studies. The lab supports two principal investigators and several graduate students, with plans for a new postdoctoral scientist as well. These upgrades will yield a robust facility with a long projected lifespan of productive work in studying planetary interiors.

来自美国国家科学基金会仪器和设施部门的支持将用于升级新墨西哥大学的高压设备。现有的多砧压力机将予以翻新，以纠正一些小问题，并将进一步精简其操作程序。现有的小型压力机将被改装成第二个多砧压力机，从俄勒冈大学购买的活塞缸框架将安装新部件，使其投入使用。在这项工作完成后，该实验室获得适合研究地球、月球和火星深部岩石学过程的压力的能力将增加一倍。新的活塞缸也将使我们能够获得与适用于地球和火星研究的中深地壳到上地幔过程相关的较低压力。该实验室支持两名主要研究人员和几名研究生，并计划培养一名新的博士后科学家。这些升级将产生一个强大的设施，在研究行星内部方面具有很长的预期寿命。