Qualification goals:
The students are able to develop suitable strategies for the investigation of mineralogy, microstructure and chemical composition of planetary materials.
composition of planetary materials and to apply basic analytical methods.
apply analytical methods. They are able to work out the working process for solving a concrete problem independently
and to justify it in a scientifically sound manner. They can successfully work on tasks in teams
and interpret and critically question results.
Contents:
The students learn the basics of sample preparation with a focus on impactites, meteorites and planetary analogue materials.
.They will apply spectroscopic methods to practical examples and learn the basic principles of
the basics of the theory and application of optical spectroscopy and mass spectrometric techniques.
get to know. They learn basic techniques for the characterisation of mineral dusts and the application of mimicroanalytic
methods using practical examples such as scanning electron microscopy, electron beam microscope and Raman spectroscopy.
probe and Raman spectroscopy as well as basic principles of the theory and application of non-destructive micro X-ray fluorescence
fluorescence analysis.