Facility Upgrade: Acquisition of A Laser Microprobe at Lehigh University.

小行星9421592 该奖项提供部分（67%）资金用于购买激光微探针系统，该系统将作为利哈伊大学地球与环境科学系氩-氩测年和稳定同位素实验室之间的采样源。与此次设备收购资金相关的其余费用将由利哈伊大学提供。激光气体提取将为这些地球科学分析设施增加许多实质性能力。其中最主要的是能够以几十微米的空间分辨率对单个矿物颗粒或部分颗粒进行采样，这在利哈伊大学的地质年代学和地质测温学研究等应用中尤为重要。 ***

9421592 Zeitler This award provides partial (67%) funding for the acquisition of a laser microprobe system that will be shared as a sampling source between the argon-argon dating and stable isotope laboratories in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lehigh University. The remaining aosts associated with funding this equipment acquisition will be provided by Lehigh University. Gas extraction by laser will add a number of substantial capabilities to these earth science analytical facilities. Chief among them is the ability to sample individual mineral grains or portions of grains with a spatial resolution of several tens of micrometers, especially important in applications such as the geochronology and geothermometry research at Lehigh University. ***