Lab Exercises for SEM and EPMA

Revisions as of 3/4/2019

Do not download unless the lab is listed as recently (week prior) revised

Information on the operation of the Weeks Hall Hitachi S3400N SEM

Lab 1: Introduction to Weeks Hall S3400 SEM and imaging

(Lab 1 Revised 1/27/2019)

Lab 2: Studying a multiphase unknown sample with BSE imaging

Tables of mean atomic number (Z) for minerals, useful for relative BSE intensity

• Lab 3: Variable Pressure SEM
(2/17/19)

Lab 4: Introduction to AZtec EDS

(2/24/19)

Lab 5: Traditional Standardless vs Optimized EDS EPMA on RR mount

Lab 6: continuation of Previous Weeks Lab on RR mount

Lab 7: CL & EBSD demos

Lab 8: WDS1: Peaking spectrometers, running PHAs, scanning peaks and backgrounds

Lab 9: WDS2: Experimenting with differential and integral PHA

Review of key point of PHA Lab (PHA isn't the easiest concept to understand)

Labs 10: WDS+Thermo EDS on RR mount

Lab 11: continuation of Previous Weeks Lab on RR mount

Lab 12: WDS4: Time Dependent Intensity behavior in EPMA

Lab 13: X-ray mapping and Phase ID

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