Laboratory equipment
Our laboratory is equipped with a variety of different microanalytical instruments, which can all be used for solving different research questions. You can find a detailed list of the configurations of our instruments following the links given below.
Cameca SX Five FE
Cameca electron microprobe 'SXFiveFE' equipped with Schottky field emitter electron source and five wavelength-dispersive spectrometers.
Cameca SX Five FE
Zeiss Merlin Gemini II
HR field emissions Scanning Electron microscope with several detectors, e.g. for EDX and EBSD analyses.
Zeiss Merlin Gemini II
ThermoFisher Scios2
FIB-SEM "Scios2" from ThermoFisher, for preparation of TEM lamellae and 3D analyses.
ThermoFisher Scios2
In addition to our major instruments, our lab is equipped with extensive peripherals for sample preparation and documentation of analytical results:
- variety of different reference materials (minerals, glasses, metals,...)
- Leica microscope (transmitted and reflected light) with digital camera and pointlogger device
- Carbon coater (Cressington 208carbon) with thickness monitor (Cressington MTM 10)
- Sputter coater for gold coating (Cressington 208HR) with thickness monitor (Cressington MTM 20)
- Carbon coater (Quorum Q150T E)
- Tabletop Plasma cleaner (Pie Scientific "Tergeo", 150W, Immersion and remote cleaning mode)
- Grinding and polishing machine (Buehler Ecomet 3)
- Vibratory polishing device (QATM Saphir Vibro)
- High-resolution thin-section scanner (10000 dpi, with polarizing foil)
- Sample storage in desiccators
- Uninterrupted power supply for the electron microprobe and FIB-SEM
- Residual gas analyzer (SRS RGA 200), permanently installed on the EPMA
- Active magnetic field compensation (EPMA, SEM and FIB-SEM)