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GeoSoilEnviroCARS  is a synchrotron-based research facility at the Advanced Photon Source (right), Argonne, IL, dedicated to state-of-the-art research on earth materials and open to the entire scientific community.  The x-ray techniques being utilized include, but are not limited to: high pressure research with the laser-heated diamond anvil cell, high pressure research with the multi-anvil press, x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, x-ray fluorescence microprobe, microtomography, microcrystallography, inelastic scattering and powder diffraction.

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For information about different scientific techniques and possible experiments, please contact:

	X-ray Fluorescence Microprobe	Steve Sutton
	X-ray Microtomography	Mark Rivers
	X-ray Surface Diffraction	Peter Eng
	X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy	Matt Newville
	Microcrystallography	Joe Pluth
	High Pressure / Diamond Anvil Cell	Guoyin Shen
	High Pressure / Large Volume Press	Yanbin Wang

For comments, questions, or more information, send email to gsecars@uchicago.edu, or see the Contact GSECARS page.
Last update : April 01, 2005