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NSF仪器和设施部门的DraperSupport将用于升级新墨西哥州大学的高压设施。 现有的多砧压机将进行翻新，以纠正一些小问题，并进一步简化其操作程序。 一个现有的，较小的压力机将被转换为第二个多砧，和一个活塞缸框架获得的俄勒冈州大学将配备新的组件，使其投入使用。 在这项工作完成后，实验室达到适合研究地球、月球和火星内部深处岩石学过程的压力的能力将增加一倍。 新的活塞缸还将使我们能够获得较低的压力，适用于地球和火星研究的中地壳到深地壳到上地幔的过程。 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，在研究行星内部的生产性工作中具有很长的预期寿命。