X-Ray Fluorescence Laboratory Upgrade

该奖项将提供资金，以升级X射线 荧光光谱仪，并作出改进，在样品 X射线荧光实验室的准备设施 华盛顿大学地球行星科学系 在圣路易斯此次升级将使该设施能够实现 分析主要问题的最先进的分析能力 以及岩石和矿物中的微量元素 购买新的工具。 XRF实验室作为部门设施运行， 华盛顿大学社区的所有成员和区域 来自其他中西部大学和学院的用户，包括 本科院校的PEW联盟的成员。

This award will provide funding to upgrade an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and to make improvements in the sample preparation facilities of the X-ray fluorescence laboratory in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The upgrade will allow this facility to achieve state-of-the-art analytical capability for the analysis of major and trace elements in rocks and minerals at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a new instrument. The XRF laboratory is run as a departmental facility open to all members of the Washington University community and to regional users from other midwestern universities and colleges, including members of the PEW Consortium of undergraduate institutions.