Acquisition of a Vacuum X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

这项合同将提供购买X射线荧光光谱仪(XRF)系统的77%的费用，该系统将安装和运行在富兰克林和马歇尔学院的地球科学系。F&amp；M学院承诺提供收购所需的剩余资金。F&Amm的教师和本科生在火成岩、变质岩、沉积和煤岩石学以及地球化学领域从事活跃的研究项目。由该设备提供的地质样品的多元素化学分析将使几个研究项目能够利用现代仪器进行。XRF光谱仪的教学和使用也将纳入几门实验室本科课程。

This award will provide 77% of the cost of acquiring an X- ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geosciences at Franklin and Marshall College. F&M College is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for the acquisition. Faculty and undergraduate students at F&M engage in active research projects in the area of igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, and coal petrology, as well as geochemistry. The multi-element chemical analysis of geologic samples provided by this equipment will allow several research projects to proceed with modern instrumentation. Instruction and use of the XRF spectrometer will also be incorporated in several laboratory undergraduate courses.