Modernization of Electron Microprobe

9814065帕蒂诺·杜斯这笔赠款为格鲁吉亚大学（UGA）地质系的JEOL 8600电子探针的现代化和升级提供了部分支持。 微探针设施的升级将侧重于获得最先进的基于PC的自动化和成像系统，以取代近二十年前基于工作站技术的现有系统。新系统将在基于PC的灵活操作环境中提供色谱柱自动化、光谱仪和载物台控制，而且升级和维修成本低廉。新系统将以与个人计算机兼容的格式产生快速分析数据输出。它的图像采集能力将使其能够生成X射线图、低放大率电子图像和大面积镶嵌图，这对于研究大型地质样本是必要的。 电子显微探针是佐治亚大学在实验岩石学、火成岩学、变质岩石学和沉积岩石学（由A。E. Patino Douce，M. F.罗登，S. E.斯旺森，J. A.惠特尼和L. B。Railsback）、粘土矿物学（P.A. Schroeder）和考古地质学（由。E. Garrison）。此外，UGA微探针是一个区域设施，支持格鲁吉亚州立大学，克莱姆森大学（南卡罗来纳州），奥本大学（亚拉巴马）和自然历史弗吉尼亚博物馆的研究人员的工作。

9814065Patino DouceThis grant provides partial support for modernizing and upgrading the JEOL 8600 electron microprobe at the Department of Geology, University of Georgia (UGA). The upgrade of the microprobe facility will focus on acquiring a state-of-the-art, PC-based automation and imaging system, to replace the current system that is based on workstation technology from almost two decades ago. The new system will provide column automation and spectrometer and stage control in a flexible PC-based operating environment, that is also inexpensive to upgrade and repair. The new system will generate fast analytical data output in formats compatible with personal computers. Its image acquisition capabilities will make it possible to generate X-ray maps, low magnification electron images, and mosaics of large areas, that are necessary in order to study large geological samples. The electron microprobe is a key component in several active research programs at UGA in experimental, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology (by A. E. Patino Douce, M. F. Roden, S. E. Swanson, J. A. Whitney and L. B. Railsback), clay mineralogy (by P. A. Schroeder), and archaeological geology (by. E. Garrison). In addition, the UGA microprobe is a regional facility, that supports work by researchers at Georgia State University, Clemson University (South Carolina), Auburn University (Alabama) and the Virginia Museum of Natural History.***