USING X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND RAMAN SPECTROMETRY TO HELP STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND UNIT CELLS AND SOLID SOLUTIONS. AN ENGAGEMENT COMBINING NSF GEOPATH AND NSF MRI FUNDING
MACDONALD Jr., James1, BARBOSA, Alli1 and MCMANUS, Gregory J.2, (1)Environmental Geology Program, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965, (2)Department of Chemistry and Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965