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RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF THE SKELETON OF THE CORAL ACROPORA CERVICORNIS

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Date Issued:
2018
Abstract/Description:
Coral reefs are an important element of marine ecosystem that are critical to maintain a healthy environment. Unfortunately, in recent years coral reefs are doing poorly and many in parts of the ocean are simply dying. Therefore, study of coral's structural response to external loads could answer what will happen with their structures, while they exhibit different types of loading. Therefore, the proposition of using in-situ micro-Raman spectroscopy to study skeletons of Acropora cervicornis was used. Coral skeleton samples I subjected to mechanical loading studied their vibrational properties by exciting the material with 532nm visible light. A uniaxial compressive load I applied using a MTS universal testing machine and then using the Raman Spectroscopy to study the vibrational response of coral skeletons. Indentations used Vickers Hardness tester and performed 2D mapping of the coral structure around the indentation. If it's expected that as a result of the proposed research the better understanding of structural stability of the Acropora Cervicornis coral skeletons will be achieved.
Title: RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF THE SKELETON OF THE CORAL ACROPORA CERVICORNIS.
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Name(s): Shepard, Zachary C, Author
Orlovskaya, Nina, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2018
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Coral reefs are an important element of marine ecosystem that are critical to maintain a healthy environment. Unfortunately, in recent years coral reefs are doing poorly and many in parts of the ocean are simply dying. Therefore, study of coral's structural response to external loads could answer what will happen with their structures, while they exhibit different types of loading. Therefore, the proposition of using in-situ micro-Raman spectroscopy to study skeletons of Acropora cervicornis was used. Coral skeleton samples I subjected to mechanical loading studied their vibrational properties by exciting the material with 532nm visible light. A uniaxial compressive load I applied using a MTS universal testing machine and then using the Raman Spectroscopy to study the vibrational response of coral skeletons. Indentations used Vickers Hardness tester and performed 2D mapping of the coral structure around the indentation. If it's expected that as a result of the proposed research the better understanding of structural stability of the Acropora Cervicornis coral skeletons will be achieved.
Identifier: CFH2000398 (IID), ucf:45856 (fedora)
Note(s): 2018-05-01
B.S.M.E.
College of Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Bachelors
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Subject(s): Raman spectra
Acropora cervicornis
hardness
uniaxial strength
aragonite
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000398
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Host Institution: UCF

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