Upgrade of Electron Microprobe

该奖项提供了纽约市美国自然历史博物馆（AMNH）矿物科学部升级和现代化电子显微探针所需资金的三分之二。AMNH承诺提供所需的剩余资金。升级包括一个计算机自动化系统和安装一种新的合成轻元素晶体，这将允许对元素氧和氮进行定量分析，并提高对氟的检测限。AMNH矿物科学系的工作人员参与了博物馆珍贵藏品的研究项目和策展活动，这需要现代电子微探针系统的定量化学微分析能力。

This award provides two-thirds of the funding needed to upgrade and modernize the electron microprobe in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. AMNH is committed to providing the remaining funds required. The upgrade consists of a computer automation system and the installation of a new synthetic light-element crystal that will allow quantitative analysis of the elements oxygen and nitrogen and improve the detection limits for fluorine. The staff of the Department of Mineral Sciences at AMNH are involved in research projects and curatorial activities for the museum's valuable collection which require the quantitative chemical micro-analytical capabilities of a modern electron microprobe system.