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Award Abstract #0521405
Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffractometer for a Shared-Use Facility Serving the University and the Region
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EAR
Division of Earth Sciences
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
August 11, 2005 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
August 11, 2005 |
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| Award Number: |
0521405 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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| Program Manager: |
Russell C. Kelz
EAR Division of Earth Sciences
GEO Directorate for Geosciences
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| Start Date: |
September 1, 2005 |
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| Expires: |
August 31, 2006 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$289497 |
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| Investigator(s): |
Harold Rowe hrowe@uky.edu (Principal Investigator)
Susan Rimmer (Co-Principal Investigator)
Mary Arthur (Co-Principal Investigator)
Stephen Rankin (Co-Principal Investigator)
Tonglei Li (Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
201 Kinkead Hall
Lexington, KY 40506 859/257-9420
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| NSF Program(s): |
EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES,
MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
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| Field Application(s): |
0000099 Other Applications NEC
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
OTHR, 9150, 1189, 0000
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| Program Element Code(s): |
9150, 1189
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ABSTRACT
0521405
Rowe
This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program grant supports acquisition on an x-ray diffractometer (XRD) equipped with scintillation and solid state x-ray detection systems, a parallel beam attachment (to permit crystallographic analysis of thin films), and a high temperature vacuum chamber for studies of the kinetics of phase changes over temperature ranges from 25 to 1600 degrees C. The XRD will immediately benefit the research and educational programs of five faculty members across the departments of Geoscience, Forestry, Pharmacy, Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky (UK). Faculty and students at UK and nearby regional institutions including Eastern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University and Morehead State, will will gain access to the XRD for mineral phase identification in sediments, soils and aerosols, structural studies of nanoporous ceramics and thin films, and analysis of crystallization mechanisms of novel pharmaceuticals, to name a few. The XRD will be incorporated in multiple undergraduate and graduate courses requiring lab exercises and undergraduate students will be encouraged to take advantage of the XRD for independent research.
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