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Protrain - Everything About Working With Electron Microscopes M6 - Monitoring &; Maintaining EM Performance Chapter 1 - Electron Optics - 1. The Conventional Electron Gun - 2. The Gun Circuit - 3.Gun Saturation & Bias - 4. SEM Saturation &; Alignment by Wave Form - 5. Filament Life (SEM) - 6. Lab6 - 7. Cold Field Emission - 8. The Electron Source and SEM - 9. Lenses, Magnification &; Demagnification - 10. The TEM Column - 11. The SEM Column - 12. Beam Deflection, Scan & Astigmatism - 13. Double Condenser System - 14. SEM &; TEM Condenser Focus - 15. TEM Image Contrast - 16. TEM Imaging & Diffraction - 17. TEM Lens Actions - 18. The SEM Magnification System - 19. Aberrations in the Electron Microscope - 20. Depth of Field & Depth of Focus - 21. The EDS System - The EDS Detector Chapter 2 - The Electron Microscope Vacuum System - 1. Vacuum - 2. Rotary Pumps - 3. Scroll Pumps - 4. Diffusion Pumps - 5. Turbo Pumps - 6. Ion Pumps - 7,Vacuum Gauges - 8. Pirani and Thermocouple - 9. Vacuum Seals - 10. Pumping Procedures - 11. Differential Pumping - 12. The TEM Vacuum System - 13. A Basic SEM Vacuum System - 14. Low Vacuum SEM (LV SEM) - 15. Specimen Contamination Chapter 3 - The Electron Microscope Electrical System - 1. Electrical Requirements - 2. Transformers - 3. Relays - 4. Major Circuit Components - 5. Feedback Amplifier - 6. Basic SEM Circuit Diagram - 7. Basic TEM Circuit Diagram Chapter 4 - Alignment of a Transmission Electron Microscope - 1. Saturation Procedure - 2. Gun Alignment - 3. Condenser Lens &; Aperture Alignment - 4. Setting a Stage at the Eucentric Point - 5. Imaging System Alignment - 6. Balancing Illumination Alignment Coils - 7. Voltage & Current Alignment - 8. Objective Aperture Alignment - 9. Beam Coherence - 10. A Comparison of a Normal and a High Coherence Image Chapter 5 - Alignment of a Scanning Electron Microscope - 1. Pre Alignment Adjustments - 2. The Filament Image & Saturation - 3. Saturation &; Alignment by Wave Form - 4. Saturation By Brightness - 5. Standard Emission Currents - 6. Emission Adjustments - 7. Aperture Mechanisms - 8. Aperture Alignment - 9. Operating Guidelines Chapter 6 - Basic Instrument Cleaning Procedures - 1. The Importance of Cleaning - 2. Routine Cleaning Areas - 3. Working With The Electron Gun - 4. The Electron Gun - Cleaning by Hand - 5. LaB6 Systems - 6. Filament Position - 7. SEM Astigmatism - 8. TEM Condenser Problems - 9. The TEM or In-Lens SEM Specimen Holder -10. The TEM Objective Lens and Specimen Area - 11. Removing the SEM Column Liner - 12. Maintenance Warnings - 13. Cleaning the SEM/TEM Column Liner -14. Thin Metal Apertures - 15. High Vacuum Cleaning - 16. SEM Scintillators and TEM Screens - 17. Cleaning and EDS Detector - 18. Standard EDS Drying Procedures Chapter 7 - Basic Monitoring Procedures - 1. Data Monitored - 2. Vacuum Monitoring - 3. Basic Instrument Settings - 4. Producing a SEM Test Specimen - 5. The SEM Resolution Test - 6. High Resolution SEM Operation - 7. Fresnel Fringes & Resolution - 8. The TEM Resolution Test - 9. High Resolution TEM Operation - 10. Calibration Grating - 11. Magnification Calibration - 12. A Basic Magnification System - 13. A Variable Pole Piece System - 14. A Modem Magnification System - 15. SEM Contamination Rate - 16. TEM Contamination Rate - 17. TEM (SEM) Drift Rate - 18. Filament Breaks - 19. Filament Ceramic Contamination - 20. EDS Calibration - 21. EDS Resolution - 22. L to K Ratios Chapter 8 - Analysing Instrument Performance TEM - 1. Imaging Problems - 2. Defects and Alignment - 3. Visualised Defects - 4. Coherence - 5. Illumination Coherence - 6. Etching & Contamination - 7. Directional Softness - Astigmatism - 8. Directional Softness - Drift & AC Field - 9. Directional Softness - DC Field Chapter 9 - Analysing Instrument Performance SEM - 1. Performance Aids - 2. Accelerating Voltage and Information - 3. Accelerating Voltage &; Working Distance - 4. Accelerating Voltage and Penetration - 5. An Engine Failure - 6. Polymer Structures - 7. A Micro Circuit - 8. Filament Performance - 9. Improving Emission Current - 10. The Condenser System - 11. Spot Size and Image Quality - 12. Signals & the Chamber Influence - 13. The Origin of Shadows - 14. Obtaining More Information from an Image Chapter 10 - Tuning the System - 1. Deflection Coil Alignments Chapter 11 - PC Maintenance - 1. PC choice - 2. Screen or LCD - 3. Folder Management - 4. Drive Maintenance - 5. Hardware Maintenance - 6. PC Memory - 7. Networking - 8. Anitvirus - 9. PC Spares - 10. Upgrades - 11. Software - 12. Storage - 13. Printing - 14. Error Readings - 15 Task Manager. Chapter 11 -
Investigating Problems - 1. Fault Finding Procedures - 2. Vacuum
Problems - 3. HT Will Not Switch On - 4. TEM Faults I - 5. TEM Faults II
- 6. SEM & TEM Problems - 7. SEM Faults I - 8. SEM Faults II - 9.
SEM Faults Ill - 10. Charge and Chemical Spread Problems - 11. Problems
with Polaroid - 12. EDS Problems - 13. Window Failure - 14. EDS Emergency Procedures
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