The National University of the South (UNS) will receive funding to buy an electron microscope, valued at almost one million dollars.The UNS will receive a microscope of almost a million dollarsWithin the framework of the Federal Program "Equip Science", the National University of the South (UNS) will be one of the many institutions that will receive a subsidy to acquire technological equipment.In this case, the Buenos Aires university will buy a field emission scanning electron microscope valued at 942,713 dollars.This equipment will allow the detection of polymorphisms, identification of contaminants, studies on catalysts, identification and distribution of minerals, phase transitions, defects, detection of deformations and stresses, characterization of multilayers, etc.It is among the five most expensive acquired in this call, which includes 167 teams."The combination of two techniques that this microscope possesses, which is increasingly common in advanced countries, allows the study of hybrid materials made up of inorganic and organic materials, which will make it the first of its kind in Latin America," explained Dr. Pablo Marinángeli, Secretary of Science and Technology of the National University of the South.In addition, the UNS will receive an X-ray equipment valued at 403,800 dollars, which, although it was assigned to the Scientific Research Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires, will be located in the Geology Department of this house.This equipment will allow for more competitive research in those lines oriented to the study of nanomaterials for catalysis, those related to the environment, solid/solid interfaces, hydrides, membranes, polymers, biological samples, metal alloys, tribology and surface chemistry of alloys. , mineral analysis, archaeology, etc.It will also make it possible to provide technological services for the productive sector and public organizations.Among them, other national universities and scientific organizations such as CONICET, CNEA, INTI or INTA;the Judiciary, the industries related to polymeric materials, the mining, pharmaceutical, oil industry, etc.The equipment will be incorporated into the National Microscopy System (SNM).The goal is for it to be accessible for use by the Argentine scientific community through the shift system offered by the National Systems.THE MOST READYou may also likeCopyright 2020 © Infocielo - All rights reserved Cielo Platense SRLAddress: 532 689 Avenue, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Telephone: (54) 0221 4290555Responsible Director: Guillermo Raúl Montes - Executive Director: Martín Manuel MontesDNDA Registration No. RL-2021-75557644-APN-DNDA#MJ - Start Date: Year 2002