Acquisition of Laser Diffraction Particle Sizing System for Research and Research Education on Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes and Materials

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Abstract:

Major Goals: The acquisition of the Malvern-Panalytical Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle sizing system by Drs. Gill and Langford will continue and enhance their established record of providing research-related education at the University of Texas- El Paso and elsewhere to undergraduate and graduate students, most of them from groups underrepresented in STEM, in applications of particle sizing to science and engineering. The new laser particle analyzer replaced a 13 year old, Malvern Mastersizer 2000 laser diffraction particle sizer that no longer is supported by the manufacturer. Accomplishments: Record of Accomplishments -- Please note a pdf copy including figures is also attached 1. Installation and Maintenance of Equipment. a. A purchase order for the system was submitted on June 7, 2019 to Malvern- Panalytical with requisition number 119174643 for a total cost of $107,000.00. Receipt of the instrument system was delayed for approximately two months through software issues at Malvern-Panalytical Instruments that were better resolved before installation. b. All components of the Malvern Mastersizer 3000 system with serial number MAL1219441 were received on August 2, 2019 (see Figure 1) and installed and certified by Malvern-Panalytical Instruments personnel in the PIs' laboratory in the Geological Sciences Building at the University of Texas at El Paso on August 7, 2019. The Malvern-Panalytical Instruments engineer who installed and certified the particle sizing system trained the PIs and their students on the use and maintenance of the system. 2. Teaching The instrument system was used for three UTEP courses this academic year. GEOL 3326 and GEOL 3126, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy and Lab for Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, respectively, during Fall Semester 2019.The instrument was used to demonstrate to students the principles of sediment size, sorting and rounding. The data was used to teach students statistical particle size.

Author(s):
Langford, Richard ; Gill, Thomas
Author Organization(s):
University of Texas at El Paso
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Publication Date:
2020 Jun 30
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Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
particle size, students, acquisition, education, engineers, grain size, new mexico, sedimentology, stratigraphy, ecology, statistical analysis, boundary layer, diffraction, environment, isotopes, measurement, particles
Keyword(s):
Laser Diffraction Particle Sizing Systems, Malvern-Panalytical Mastersizer 3000, Grain Size Distributions, Grain Shapes
Subject Categories:
Test Equipment, Research Facilities and Reprography; Earth Sciences and Oceanography; Earth Sciences and Oceanography
Update Date:
2020 Dec 08