A new energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) detector for the University of Calgary electron probe microanalyzer

该提案的目的是为卡尔加里大学的电子探针微量分析仪（EPMA）设施提供关键任务升级，特别是新的能量色散光谱仪（EDS）。EPMA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作图。卡尔加里大学的微探针是卡尔加里和阿尔伯塔省南部唯一的一个，是支持大学研究任务的基本分析“支柱”。自2001年建成以来，我校11个院系的44名科研人员，数十名本科生和研究生，以及油气、矿产和工程领域的研究人员，利用该设施在火成岩和变质岩石学等多个领域取得了基础性进展；地质年代学;矿床;油气储层和用于二氧化碳封存的储层；古生物学;固体氧化物燃料电池技术；管道腐蚀和结垢；聚合物、合金、电极和导体；混凝土和砖石；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 to provide a mission-critical upgrade to the Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) facility at the University of Calgary, specifically a new energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). An EPMA is a sophisticated electron-beam instrument optimized for in-situ chemical analysis and chemical mapping of solid materials. The University of Calgary microprobe is the only one in Calgary and southern Alberta, and is a fundamental analytical 'pillar' supporting the university's research mission. Since its arrival in 2001, 44 university researchers from 11 departments in the university, dozens of undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers in the oil and gas, minerals and engineering sectors, have used the facility to make fundamental advances in such diverse fields as: igneous and metamorphic petrology; geochronology; ore deposits; oil and gas reservoirs and those used for CO2 sequestration; paleontology; solid-oxide fuel cell technology; corrosion and scaling in pipelines; polymers, alloys electrodes and conductors; concrete and masonry; chemical fingerprinting of archeological artifacts. Planned future use is just as diverse.