Electron Microscopy Laboratory

- General Information -

Scanning electron microscopy is a broadly used technique for structural characterization of solid samples. A great variety of morphologic and chemical composition information from all types of materials can be obtained, including a three-dimensional visualization by highlighting their high resolution and great field depth. This technique embraces a wide spectrum of study areas such as morphologic determination of materials, study of aggregation states, study of metals microstructure, determination of composition changes, surface study, fine layers and interfaces, identification of small size minerals, determination of strata in restoration, and many more applications.

The laboratory has the following equipment:

1. Hitachi S-3000N Scanning Electron Microscope, maximum magnification up to 300,000
2. BSD Detector
3. SE Detector Detector
4. EDX Detector
5. Denton Vacuum Desk II Sputter Coater
6. Samdri PVT 3B Critical Point Drier