Geology 777 Lecture Notes -- PowerPoint Files

Modifications Nov 18, 2009

What is 777?

History, Overview

Electron-specimen interactions

Electron-optical Column

Vacuum

Image Acquisition

Cathodoluminescence

EDS

Variable Pressure ("Environmental") SEM work and Low Voltage

Image Processing

SEM-EDS Special Topics: Stereo; Particles; SDD; Spectral Mapping; Automated Routines

WDS I: Spectrometers, crystals, detectors, PHA

WDS II: More on spectrometers and spectra; background models, interferences, peak shifts

Quant: ZAF Matrix Corrections

Trace elements

Standards

Specimen preparation, coating

Light elements

Thin Films

Particles

Precision and Accuracy: Errors and Statistics

Electron and X-ray diffraction; EBSD

X-ray Fluorescence Analysis

ThermoNoran visit-background

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