Acquisition of an Automated Powder X-ray Diffractometer

该奖项提供了一半的资金， 自动X射线衍射光谱仪系统， 粉末样品。设备将由以下人员安装和操作： 卡内基研究所地球物理实验室 华盛顿。卡内基研究所致力于提供 剩余的资金。 设备的主要用途是识别和 矿物和相关合成材料样品的特性 与矿物物理学、结晶学 实验岩石学、地球化学和地球化学。

This award provides one-half the funds necessary to acquire an automated X-ray diffraction spectrometer system for use with powdered samples. The equipment will be installed and operated by the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The Carnegie Institution is committed to providing the remaining funds. The primary use of the equipment will be to identify and characterize samples of minerals and related synthetic materials in connection with research in mineral physics, crystallography, experimental petrology, geochemistry and biogeochemistry.