Table top scanning electron microscope equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for imaging and analytical research.

配备能量色散 X 射线光谱仪的台式扫描电子显微镜，用于成像和分析研究。

• 批准号: 421973-2012
• 负责人: Bishop, Cory
• 金额: $ 10.88万
• 依托单位: St. Francis Xavier University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=495693
• 关键词: Table; top; scanning; electron; microscope

Direct observation and documentation are fundamental tools common to all scientific endeavour. Accurate representation and analysis of objects is critical, whether studying natural phenomena, experimental results, or manufactured products. Here, we seek to purchase an innovative imaging and analytical instrument called a Hitachi TM 3000 variable pressure benchtop scanning electron microscope (SEM). This unit will also be equipped with a Bruker Quantax 70 energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). This instrument is capable of imaging specimens up to 30,000X without special sample preparation, as required for traditional SEM. This is a critical advantage if one is interested in conducting further work on the object under study. One can actually image living specimens at a level of magnification well beyond a light microscope. On the analytical side, the EDS will enable the identification and quantification of any element in the periodic table from Boron upwards. The combination of these two technologies in a single instrument means that the spatial precision with which elemental analysis can be performed and imaged well exceeds that currently available for a benchtop instrument.

直接观察和记录是所有科学工作的共同基本工具。无论是研究自然现象、实验结果还是制造产品，准确表示和分析对象都至关重要。在这里，我们寻求购买一种创新的成像和分析仪器，称为日立TM 3000变压台式扫描电子显微镜（SEM）。该装置还将配备Bruker Quantax 70能量色散X射线光谱仪（EDS）。该仪器能够对样品进行高达30，000倍的成像，而无需传统SEM所需的特殊样品制备。这是一个关键的优势，如果一个人有兴趣进行进一步的工作，对正在研究的对象。人们实际上可以在远远超过光学显微镜的放大水平上对活体标本进行成像。在分析方面，EDS将能够识别和量化元素周期表中从硼向上的任何元素。这两种技术在一台仪器中的结合意味着元素分析的空间精度可以很好地进行和成像，超过了目前台式仪器的空间精度。