A new national electron microprobe facility

Precise chemical microanalysis underpins research on Earth materials. The electron microprobe (EMP) is the main instrument to achieve this. It performs rapid quantitative analysis and element mapping on solid materials at micron resolution. This project will establish state-of-the-art electronprobe facilities at the Research School of Earth Sciences (ANU) and the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. It will support an impressive variety of research including experimental, igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochronology and many others. It will foster increased collaboration between partner organisations including universities and major geoscience institutes in the ACT, NSW and Victoria.