A08.1 - Next Generation Microanalysis Standards For EPMA and SEM-EDS Calibration

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Session Chair(s)

• AL

  Abigail P. Lindstrom

  National Institute for Standards and Technology
  Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
• EB

  Emma Bullock, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Electron probe lab manager
  Carnegie Institution for Science
  Washington, DC, United States
• 

  Paul Carpenter, M.S.

  EPMA and XRD Specialist
  Earth & Planetary Sciences
  Washington University
  Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
• 

  Heather Lowers

  Research Geologist
  Denver Microbeam Lab
  U.S. Geological Survey
  DENVER, Colorado, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM MT

  Microanalytical reference material development at the USGS: Outlining historical progress and future directions
  

  Presenting Author: Jay M. Thompson – U.S. Geological Survey

  Co-Author: Lissie Connors – University of Oregon

  Co-Author: Heather Lowers – U.S. Geological Survey

  Co-Author: Rae Ann Orkild-Norton – U.S. Geological Survey
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM MT

  Comparison of Bulk and Micro Sampling Techniques for the Elemental Analysis of SRM 610 and 612
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas E. Sharp (he/him/his) – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Maria Vega-Martinez – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Ruthmara Corzo – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Blaza Toman – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Rick Paul – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Savelas Rabb – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Jamie Weaver – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Jack Prothero – National Institute of Standards and Technology
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM MT

  Mineral Reference Standards for EPMA-WDS and SEM-EDS: Instrumental Calibration, Standards Comparison, and Quality Control
  

  Presenting Author: Paul Carpenter, M.S. – Washington University
• 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT

  Standards and Reference Materials for Quantitative Microanalysis: Current Availabilities, Database Status, and Future Avenues with FIGMAS
  

  Presenting Author: Julien M. Allaz, Ph.D. – ETH Zürich

  Co-Author: Anette von der Handt – The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Owen K. Neill, M.Sc., PhD – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Emma S. Bullock, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Institution for Science

  Co-Author: William O. Nachlas, Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Abigail P. Lindstrom, BS Chemistry (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Co-Author: Andrew V. Mott, Ph.D. – Texas A&M University