Development of an XRF Macro-Probe
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This project will provide partial funding to develop                       instrumentation for an x.ray fluorescence (XRF) macroprobe. The                 equipment will employ a highly.collimated x.ray beam for the                    quantitative macroscopic analysis of natural and synthetic                      samples encountered in earth science research. Computer control                 of x.y positioning will allow elemental mapping of fine.grained                 rocks at spatial scales previously unattainable. The instrument                 will be designed, assembled and tested in the XRF laboratory of                 the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University.                            The equipment is designed to fill a gap that now exists                    between whole.rock analysis requiring destruction of sample                     fabric and electron beam microanalysis methods which are                        restricted to coverage of only very small sample areas. Potential               geological applications include studies of elemental flux in                    chemically altered rocks.
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