$100 000 TO PURCHASE A TESCAN MIRA3 FIELD-EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TO STUDY RETURNED SAMPLES FROM THESTARDUST AND HAYABUSA MISSIONS AS WELL AS METEORITES AND INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES. THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS IS CONTRIBUTING THE OTHER $95 000 PLUS LABORATORY RENOVATIONS. THIS MICROSCOPE IS REFURBISHED AND IS OFFERED TO US AT A NEARLY 50% DISCOUNT. THIS INSTRUMENT IS CRITICAL TO RESEARCH AND HAS SOME UNIQUE CAPABILITIES COMPARED TO OTHER FEG-SEMS. IT WILL BE USED FOR IMAGING AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES THE LATTER BY USING ITS INCLUDED EDX SYSTEM. ALL OF THE SAMPLES STDIED REQUIRESEM WORK SO THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE USED BY THE RESEARCH GROUP ALMOST CONSTANTLY. IT IS ALSO A PLATFORM THAT CAN BE ADDED TO IN THE FUTURE AS NEW TYPES OF DETECTORS ARE DEVELOPED.

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$100 000 TO PURCHASE A TESCAN MIRA3 FIELD-EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TO STUDY RETURNED SAMPLES FROM THESTARDUST AND HAYABUSA MISSIONS AS WELL AS METEORITES AND INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES. THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS IS CONTRIBUTING THE OTHER $95 000 PLUS LABORATORY RENOVATIONS. THIS MICROSCOPE IS REFURBISHED AND IS OFFERED TO US AT A NEARLY 50% DISCOUNT. THIS INSTRUMENT IS CRITICAL TO RESEARCH AND HAS SOME UNIQUE CAPABILITIES COMPARED TO OTHER FEG-SEMS. IT WILL BE USED FOR IMAGING AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES THE LATTER BY USING ITS INCLUDED EDX SYSTEM. ALL OF THE SAMPLES STDIED REQUIRESEM WORK SO THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE USED BY THE RESEARCH GROUP ALMOST CONSTANTLY. IT IS ALSO A PLATFORM THAT CAN BE ADDED TO IN THE FUTURE AS NEW TYPES OF DETECTORS ARE DEVELOPED. · GrantIndex