FTIR Microspectrometer Upgrade

该奖项提供所需资金的52%，用于购买部件和机器车间费用，用于改进在加州理工学院地质和行星科学系安装和操作的傅里叶变换红外光谱仪。研训所承诺提供这一升级所需的剩余资金。这次升级将大大提高加州理工学院矿物光谱小组通过红外显微镜获得非常小样品光谱的能力。增强能力的科学应用包括研究矿物和玻璃中水和二氧化碳的分带剖面，以及确定天然和合成矿物相中水的浓度和化学形态。

This award provides 52% of the funds required for the purchase of component parts and machine shop charges for the construction of improvements to a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer installed and operated in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. The Institute is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for this upgrade. The upgrade will significantly enhance the ability of the mineral spectroscopy group at Caltech to obtain spectra on very small samples through an infrared microscope. The scientific applications for the enhanced capability include studies of zonation profiles of water and carbon dioxide in minerals and glasses, and the determination of the concentration and chemical speciation of water in natural and synthetic mineral phases.