Field Emission-Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (FE-EPMA)

场发射电子探针微量分析仪 (FE-EPMA)

• 批准号: 527739244
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Major Research Instrumentation
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2023-12-31 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/527739244?language=en
• 关键词: Field; Emission; Electron; Probe; Micro

In this proposal, we ask for support for the acquisition of a Field-Emission Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (FE-EPMA), which will be configured with 5 wavelength dispersive spectrometers and mainly L-type (larger) Bragg-crystals that will offer the best possible configuration for the user groups involved in this proposal. It will be further equipped with a panchromatic Cathodoluminescence, Secondary- and Backscattered Electron detectors and an Energy dispersive X-Ray-Detector (EDS). For the past 50 years EPMA-Analysis was an important collar of the research at the Institute of Geosciences at Mainz University and it was intensively used by a large number of users from many workgroups. This led to many important developments for the microprobe analysis community, as, for instance, the development of the “flank-method” for the determination of the oxidation state of iron in garnet or the development of the “point-logger” system, that is now a common tool in most laboratories around the world. Over the past five decades the Institute of Geosciences was receiving funds for the purchase of three Electron Microprobes, one of which was applied jointly with the Max Planck-Institute of Chemistry. The technical innovations of the last years led the development of reliable Schottky emitter microprobes that are shifting boundaries and help us to increase the fields of application. The improved minimum excitation volume offers a much wider range of capabilities. For example, the fields of experimental Petrology and Volcanology have become important areas of research and they would massively profit from the better spatial resolution of the FE-EPMA, as run products from high pressure experiments are often rather small in dimension and can be represented by zoned phases and tiny textural patterns. The better spatial resolution will also help to improve the capabilities for the measurement of mineral intergrowths in nano-composite materials or growth lamella in carbonate organisms that are used for paleo-climate reconstructions.

在本提案中，我们请求支持购买场发射电子探针微量分析仪 (FE-EPMA)，该分析仪将配置 5 个波长色散光谱仪和主要是 L 型（较大）布拉格晶体，这将为参与本提案的用户组提供最佳的配置。它将进一步配备全色阴极发光、二次和背散射电子探测器以及能量色散 X 射线探测器 (EDS)。在过去的 50 年里，EPMA-Analysis 是美因茨大学地球科学研究所的一个重要研究领域，并被许多工作组的大量用户广泛使用。这导致了微探针分析界的许多重要发展，例如，开发了用于测定石榴石中铁的氧化态的“侧翼法”或开发了“点记录器”系统，该系统现在是世界各地大多数实验室的常用工具。在过去的五十年里，地球科学研究所收到了购买三台电子微探针的资金，其中一台是与马克斯·普朗克化学研究所联合应用的。过去几年的技术创新引领了可靠的肖特基发射极微探针的开发，这些探针正在改变界限并帮助我们扩大应用领域。改进的最小激励体积提供了更广泛的功能。例如，实验岩石学和火山学领域已成为重要的研究领域，它们将从 FE-EPMA 更好的空间分辨率中获益匪浅，因为高压实验的运行产物通常尺寸相当小，并且可以用分区相和微小的纹理图案来表示。更好的空间分辨率还将有助于提高用于古气候重建的纳米复合材料中的矿物共生或碳酸盐生物中的生长薄片的测量能力。