Acquisition of a Solid-State, High-Resolution X-ray Powder Diffraction System for Improved Identification and Quantification of Soils and Sediments

该合同将提供购买X射线粉末衍射系统所需资金的一半，该系统将在弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的作物和土壤环境科学系安装和运行。该大学致力于提供所需的剩余资金。现代X射线衍射系统将主要用于环境科学和土壤学研究项目中粘土和其他非常细粒的土壤矿物成分的定量分析。

This award will provide one-half the funding required for the acquisition of an X-ray powder diffraction system to be installed and operated in the Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed. The modern X-ray diffraction system will be used by the PI, colleagues, and graduate students primarily in the quantitative analysis of clay and other very fine-grained mineral constituents of soils in research projects in environmental science and in pedology.