Laboratory services

Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

Sodium chloride crystal
Sodium chloride crystal under
variable pressure
Sodium chloride crystal
Sodium chloride crystal under
high vacuum
  • Hitachi S-3200N variable pressure (SEM) and Noran Voyager IV (EDS)
  • Microstructural evaluations
  • Fractographic examinations
  • Natural state observations (coating not required)
  • Wet/oily specimen observation
  • Qualitative and semi-quantitative chemical analyses (ASTM E1508)
  • Microimaging
  • Light element detection
  • Selected area X-ray mapping
  • Elimination of elemental interference through peak shape analysis
  • Coating thickness (ASTM B748)