Upgrading of University of Calgary Electron Probe Microanalyzer

本提案的目的是获得卡尔加里大学电子探针微量分析仪（EPMA）设施的一些关键任务升级。电子探针微量分析仪是一种精密的电子束仪器，用于固体材料的原位化学分析和化学制图。卡尔加里大学的微探针实验室是卡尔加里和阿尔伯塔南部唯一的微探针实验室，是大学地球科学系和其他系研究活动的基础分析“支柱”。在过去的十年中，来自11个系的44名大学研究人员，数十名本科生和研究生，以及石油和天然气，矿产和工程部门的研究人员，利用该设施分析并在以下不同领域取得了根本性进展：火成岩和变质岩石学；矿床；油气藏；paleoclathrates;用于二氧化碳封存的储存库；固体氧化物燃料电池技术；管道腐蚀和结垢；合成化学物质，如薄膜、聚合物、电极、导体；混凝土和砖石；合金、超塑性材料、金属-陶瓷界面焊缝、腐蚀产品；考古文物的化学指纹鉴定。规划的未来用途也同样多样化。

The aim of this proposal is obtain some mission-critical upgrades to the Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) facility at the University of Calgary. An electron probe microanalyzer is a sophisticated electron-beam instrument optimized for in-situ chemical analysis and chemical mapping of solid materials. The microprobe lab at the University of Calgary is the only one of its kind in Calgary and southern Alberta, and is a fundamental analytical 'pillar' for research activities in the Department of Geoscience and other Departments at the university. Over the last ten years, 44 university researchers from 11 departments, dozens of undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers in the oil and gas, mineral and engineering sectors, have used the facility to analyse and make fundamental advances in such diverse fields as: igneous and metamorphic petrology: ore deposits; oil and gas reservoirs; paleoclathrates; reservoirs used for CO2 sequestration; solid-oxide fuel cell technology; corrosion and scaling in pipelines; synthetic chemical substances such as films, polymers, electrodes, conductors; concrete and masonry; alloys, super-plastic materials, metal-ceramic interfaces welds, corrosion products; chemical fingerprinting of archeological artifacts. Planned future use is just as diverse.