Early Career: Acquisition of a Raman Spectrometer for a Mineral Physics research laboratory

这笔赠款支持购买一台拉曼光谱仪，专门用于分析地球材料的振动特性。拉曼光谱仪将用于研究与俯冲带条件相关的高压和高温下含水矿物、熔体和流体的性质。拉曼光谱仪将安装在佛罗里达州立大学地球、海洋和大气科学系地球材料实验室。该仪器将通过促进他们在高压矿物物理研究中应用的振动光谱方法的培训而受益。因此，它将支持未来的科学劳动力需求。拉曼光谱仪也将向外国语大学其他系的教职员工和研究人员以及来自其他大学的访问科学家开放使用。该仪器还将用于当地的K-12外联活动。预期的好处与NSF的使命密切相关，即通过培训学生在地球科学、矿物物理和固体物理化学方面的分析技术来促进科学进步和增进国家福利。

This grant supports the acquisition of a Raman spectrometer dedicated to the analysis of vibrational properties of Earth Materials. It will be used to investigate the properties of hydrous minerals, melts, and fluids at high pressures and temperatures relevant for subduction zone conditions.The Raman spectrometer will be housed in the Earth Materials Laboratory, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Florida State University. The instrument will benefit students by facilitating their training in vibrational spectroscopic methods as applied to high-pressure mineral physics research. It will therefore support future scientific workforce needs. The Raman spectrometer will also be open to use by faculty members and researchers across other departments at FSU as well as visiting scientists from other universities. The instrument will also be used for local K-12 outreach. The expected benefits are closely aligned with NSF's mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national welfare through student training in analytical techniques in geoscience, mineral physics, and soild-state physics & chemistry.