Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE160100155
Funding Status
Closed
Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the Feedback Form.
Funded Activity Summary
NanoMin; Quantitative Mineral Mapping of Nanoscale Processes. NanoMin: quantitative mineral mapping of nanoscale processes: The project seeks to establish an electron microscope-based mineral mapping and analysis facility to provide rapid, quantitative and statistically reliable mineralogical, petrographic and metallurgical data unobtainable by other means in fine-grained materials. The proposed equipment can identify minerals in complex mixtures of sub-µm-grain size materials by virtue of an integrated software and hardware system called NanoMin which incorporates a spectral deconvolution engine combined with a mineral spectra database. A key limitation in understanding complex materials is sub-micron to nanometer scale spatial variability of mineralogical phases. Imaging and quantifying these phases is now possible with the NanoMin system. This promises to open up petrological, geobiological, and materials science research in complex fine-grained materials.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2016
End Date: 06-2019
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $648,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Petroleum and Coal Geology | Manufacturing Engineering not elsewhere classified | Environmental Monitoring | Geology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities not elsewhere classified | Oil and Gas Exploration | Ceramics
