Early Career: Acquisition of a Raman Spectrometer for a Mineral Physics research laboratory

这笔拨款支持购置一台拉曼光谱仪，专门用于分析地球材料的振动特性。它将用于研究与俯冲带条件相关的高压和高温下含水矿物、熔体和流体的性质。拉曼光谱仪将被安置在佛罗里达州立大学地球、海洋和大气科学系的地球材料实验室。该仪器有助于学生在高压矿物物理研究中应用振动光谱方法的训练。因此，它将支持未来的科学劳动力需求。拉曼光谱仪也将开放给FSU其他部门的教职员工和研究人员以及来自其他大学的访问科学家使用。该仪器还将用于当地K-12的外展。预期的收益与NSF的使命密切相关，即通过对学生进行地球科学、矿物物理和固体物理与化学分析技术的培训，促进科学进步和提高国家福利。

This grant supports the acquisition of a Raman spectrometer dedicated to the analysis of vibrational properties of Earth Materials. It will be used to investigate the properties of hydrous minerals, melts, and fluids at high pressures and temperatures relevant for subduction zone conditions.The Raman spectrometer will be housed in the Earth Materials Laboratory, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Florida State University. The instrument will benefit students by facilitating their training in vibrational spectroscopic methods as applied to high-pressure mineral physics research. It will therefore support future scientific workforce needs. The Raman spectrometer will also be open to use by faculty members and researchers across other departments at FSU as well as visiting scientists from other universities. The instrument will also be used for local K-12 outreach. The expected benefits are closely aligned with NSF's mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national welfare through student training in analytical techniques in geoscience, mineral physics, and soild-state physics & chemistry.