Electron Microscopy Hints and Tips



 

Click on the Part that you need, at the moment there are 23 parts

Part 1.....................................Filaments, filament life and breakages.

Part 2....................................Spot Size in the TEM

Part 3.....................................Cleaning a Cathode Assembly

Part 4.....................................Probe Current in the SEM

Part 5.....................................Safety in the EM Laboratory

Part 6......................................Illumination Coherence in the TEM

Part 7.....................................Service Techniques "The 10 Commandments"

Part 8......................................Maintaining a Scanning Electron Microscope

Part 9......................................Buying a New Electron Microscope

Part 10.....................................Fitting a New Filament

Part 11.....................................SEM Adjustment Procedures

Part 12....................................Improving SEM Performance - Apertures and Stigmators

Part 13....................................Contrast in SEM Images

Part 14....................................Sputter Coating

Part 15....................................Signals in X-Ray Analysis

Part 16....................................Considerations In Relation To Magnification Accuracy in the SEM

Part 17....................................Advice on the Operation of a TEM

Part 18....................................Scanning Electron Microscope Signals

Part 19.....................................Precautions When Making Light Element EDS Investigations

Part 20....................................EM Unit activity survey

Part 21....................................Obtaining True Cross Sections

Part 22....................................Monte Carlo Electron Simulation

Part 23.....................................A test specimen for SEM