Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0347677

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

An electron probe microanalysis system to replace an existing 14 year-old instrument. Compositional data determined on inorganic materials by electron microprobe analysis (EPMA) underpins a considerable amount research in Earth/planetary sciences. Spots down to 2/1000mm may be analysed quantitatively for major elements and some trace elements with an accuracy of <1%, and digital composition maps of the elemental spatial distribution can be generated. Increasing downtime on the 14 year-old UTasmania microprobe, coupled with diverse new and exciting applications in ore deposit research, environmental geoscience and geochronology force us to seek funds to replace the existing EPMA facility, which has logged ~101,000 hours of use involving ~250 researchers, and produced more than 500 refereed papers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2002

End Date: 12-2003

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $750,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology | Ore Deposit Petrology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences |