Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston MLA, Curtin University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Professor Chris Moran, Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne, and the Ambassador of France to Australia, H.E. Mr Jean-Pierre Thébault
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston MLA, Curtin University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Professor Chris Moran, Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne, and the Ambassador of France to Australia, H.E. Mr Jean-Pierre Thébault Curtin University is home to a new state-of-the-art instrument which will provide researchers and industry with access to world-class microanalytical infrastructure to help discover the next generation of critical mineral resources and unravel the mysteries of the universe. The French-built CAMECA 1300HR3 secondary ion mass spectrometry instrument forms the core of the new AuScope Geoscience Ion Microprobe Facility, launched by the Ambassador of France to Australia, H.E. Mr Jean-Pierre Thébault and Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston MLA. The instrument is the first to be deployed in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere and is one of only five installed around the world. The $10.7 million research project, hosted in a new National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Flagship Facility at Curtin's John de Laeter Research Centre, will carry out high-precision measurements of the isotopic composition of chemical elements in materials at the micrometre scale. Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne said the new AuScope Geoscience Ion Microprobe will support important research, government, academic and industry collaborations to ensure Curtin remains at the forefront of science.
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