General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Applications of SEM-EDS |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Danuta Michalska |
| Lecturer's email | danamich@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | Professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences |
| Semester | 2023/2024 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 07-ASE-AMU-PIE |
Timetable
Collegium Geologicum is located at the Morasko Campus, 200 metres from the geography building
Module aim (aims)
Microscale observations along with semi-quantitative analysis on various examples will be the main focus of the course.
The course is addressed to the students (foreign and Polish) of: geology, geography, environmental sciences, biology and archeology.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic knowledge in Earth sciences (at the secondary school level).
Syllabus
Week 1-3: Examples of the application of scanning microscopy in geoscience
Week 4-6: Exercises on selected samples; possible observations of students' own samples
Week 7: Learning how to present the results.
Week 8: Interpretation of the results obtained from SEM-EDS
Reading list
Gira A.V. Caputo G., Ferro M.C., 2017: Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) [In:] Characterization and Analysis of Microplastics. Teresa Rocha-Santos, Armando Duarte (EDS), Elsevier.
Reed S. J. B., 2005 - Electron Microprobe Analysis and Scanning Microscopy in Geology. Cambridge University Press.
Welton J.E., 1984 - SEM Petrology Atlas. Amer Assn of Petroleum Geologists.