Upgrading of University of Calgary Electron Probe Microanalyzer

卡尔加里大学电子探针显微分析仪升级

• 批准号: 423686-2012
• 负责人: Pattison, David
• 金额: $ 3.21万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=495964
• 关键词: Upgrading; University; Calgary; Electron; Probe

The aim of this proposal is obtain some mission-critical upgrades to the Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) facility at the University of Calgary. An electron probe microanalyzer is a sophisticated electron-beam instrument optimized for in-situ chemical analysis and chemical mapping of solid materials. The microprobe lab at the University of Calgary is the only one of its kind in Calgary and southern Alberta, and is a fundamental analytical 'pillar' for research activities in the Department of Geoscience and other Departments at the university. Over the last ten years, 44 university researchers from 11 departments, dozens of undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers in the oil and gas, mineral and engineering sectors, have used the facility to analyse and make fundamental advances in such diverse fields as: igneous and metamorphic petrology: ore deposits; oil and gas reservoirs; paleoclathrates; reservoirs used for CO2 sequestration; solid-oxide fuel cell technology; corrosion and scaling in pipelines; synthetic chemical substances such as films, polymers, electrodes, conductors; concrete and masonry; alloys, super-plastic materials, metal-ceramic interfaces welds, corrosion products; chemical fingerprinting of archeological artifacts. Planned future use is just as diverse.

该提案的目的是对卡尔加里大学的电子探针显微分析仪（EPMA）设施进行一些关键任务升级。电子探针显微分析仪是一种先进的电子束仪器，用于固体材料的原位化学分析和化学绘图。卡尔加里大学的微探针实验室是卡尔加里和阿尔伯塔南部唯一的一个，是地球科学系和大学其他系研究活动的基本分析“支柱”。在过去十年中，来自11个系的44名大学研究人员，数十名本科生和研究生，以及石油和天然气、矿物和工程部门的研究人员，利用该设施分析了火成岩和变质岩石学、矿床、石油和天然气储层、古格子岩、用于二氧化碳封存的储层，固体氧化物燃料电池技术;管道中的腐蚀和结垢;薄膜、聚合物、电极、导体等合成化学物质;混凝土和砖石;合金、超塑性材料、金属陶瓷界面焊接、腐蚀产物;考古文物的化学指纹。未来的计划用途也同样多样化。