Zielgruppe: MSc-Stud. who’s research aims are focused on high-resolution mineral characterization (Max no. of participants: 6 Students) Additional registration via email to Sandy Herrmann (sandy.herrmann@gfz-potsdam.de). Deadline: 19th February 2024
The registration in Campus Management will be done later by the Office of Studies and Examinations, unless the module has already been successfully taken with another topic.

This seminar course will be taking place in an external room.

Qualifikationsziele: Students will learn about theoretical aspects of electron and X-ray imaging, diffraction, scattering and micro-spectroscopy and will get hands-on training in high-end mineral analyses techniques. They will learn about mineralogical aspects related to crystallization and mineral transformations in aqueous solutions with a low-temperature to hydrothermal geochemical focus. Learning outcome: critical assessment of modes and means to analyze complex mineral assemblages that form from solutions. Hands on training may include scanning + transmission electron microscopy (SEM/TEM), nano-diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray analyses, basics of small angle mineral scattering, micro-spectroscopy. The students will learn how to collect and interpret data and how to derive quantitative mechanistic reaction information. Depending on access the module may also include visits to specialized micro-characterization facilities in Berlin. Students will prepare reports from the hands on training (and or specialized visits) and give short presentations about one technique and one application during a seminar. Inhalte: Lectures: Fundamental concepts in electron and X-ray micro-spectroscopic analyses for mineral systems. Diffraction, scattering and high-resolution electron imaging: data acquisition, data handling and interpretation. In situ and time resolved methods of mineral formation using liquid cell imaging technologies and or synchrotron X-ray methods. The good the bad and the ugly in mineral characterization using micro-spectroscopic techniques. Caveats, pitfalls and best practices in sample preparation, handling, data acquisition and interpretation. Hands-on practical: high-resolution imaging and diffraction using SEM/TEM etc. visits possible to BAM or BESSY.