Acquisition of Powder X-Ray Diffraction System

该合同提供了购买自动粉末x射线衍射系统所需资金的一半。该系统将在芝加哥伊利诺伊大学地质科学系安装和操作。大学将提供购买衍射仪系统所需的剩余资金。这些新设备是地质科学系的研究项目所需要的，也将提供给校园里化学系、化学工程系和土木工程系的其他研究人员。除了需要新系统提供相识别的各种研究应用之外，自动化设备还将广泛用于层状硅酸盐矿物及其衍生物的结构分析。

This award provides one-half the funds required to purchase an automated powder X-ray diffraction system. The system will be installed and operated in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The University will provide the remaining funds required for the purchase of the diffractometer system. The new equipment is needed for research projects in the Department of Geological Sciences and will also be made available to other researchers on campus from the departments of chemistry, chemical engineering, and civil engineering. In addition to a variety of research applications for which the new system is needed to provide phase identification, the automated equipment will also be intensively used for the structural analysis of layered silicate minerals and their derivatives.