Upgrade of Electron Microprobe Facility, IUPUI

该合同提供购买设备部件所需资金的一半，用于升级二手电子微探针系统。升级后的仪器将在印第安纳波利斯的印第安纳-普渡大学地质系进行操作。大学将为升级提供剩余的50%匹配。升级包括更换高真空系统，重建一台x射线波长色散光谱仪，重建样品级。改进后的仪器将用于化石壳的微观分析研究。

This award provides one-half of the funds required to purchase equipment parts for upgrading a used electron microprobe system. The upgraded instrument will be operated in the Department of Geology at the Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis. The University will provide the remaining 50% match for the upgrade. The upgrade consists of replacing the high vacuum system, rebuilding one of the x-ray wave length dispersive spectrometers, and rebuilding the sample stage. The improved instrument is to be employed in microanalytical studies of fossil shells.