Development of a High Pressure Mineral Physics and Chemistry Laboratory at UCLA

0318488 Kavner对这笔赠款的支持将允许加州大学洛杉矶分校的新助理教授（Abby Kavner）开发一流的高压矿物物理/实验岩石学实验室，专注于在金刚石砧室（DAC）中研究极端温度和压力下的地球材料。 拟购买的设备包括一台激光器，将与现有激光器一起用于为DAC实验建立一个双面激光加热系统，一台CCD摄像机，光谱仪和光学部件，以开发一个二维径向温度测量系统，能够对DAC中的原位温度梯度进行精确测量，和拉曼光谱系统，以帮助压力测量和表征原位和淬火后的材料。 该实验室将支持PI和学生对地球核幔边界可能的电化学反应的研究。 该设施还将通过在地球科学材料特性研究联盟（COMPRES）内建立的协会，支持与全国矿物物理学家的合作研究。 ***

0318488KavnerSupport for this grant will allow a new assistant Professor at UCLA (Abby Kavner) to develop a first-class high pressure mineral physics/experimental petrology laboratory focused on studies of earth materials at extreme temperatures and pressures in the diamond anvil cell (DAC). Equipment to be purchased includes a laser that will be used with an existing laser to build a dual-sided laser heating system for DAC experiments, a CCD camera, spectrometer and optical components to develop a 2-D radial temperature measurement system capable of making precision measurements of in situ temperature gradients in the DAC, and a Raman spectroscopy system to assist in pressure measurements and in characterizing materials both in situ and after quenching. This laboratory will support the PI's and student research on possible electrochemical reactions at the Earth's core-mantle boundary. The facility will also support collaborative research with mineral physicists nationwide through associations developed within the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in the Earth Sciences (COMPRES). ***