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Electron Microscope Imaging Service—FEI Quanta 450 FEG Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)

Electron microscopes can excite electrons to form images that magnify micron and nanostructures up to 10 million times, providing amazing levels of fine magnification and allowing researchers to observe even individual atoms. Alfa Chemistry can provide innovative solutions for electron microscopy and microanalysis. We offer FEI Quanta 450 FEG Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) instruments that allow customers to combine high-resolution imaging with physical, elemental, chemical and electrical analysis to obtain usable data from the widest range of samples.

Name Of The Instrument/Platform

FEI Quanta 450 FEG Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)

MANUFACTURER: FEI

Introduction

1. High Vacuum mode allows for high resolution imaging of surface topography (up to 1000000× magnification).
2. Low Vacuum mode allows for imaging and characterisation of non-conductive samples.
3. ESEM mode allows in situ imaging of wet samples, which is ideal for plant material and other biological specimens. It can also be used for in situ observation of processes such as hydration and dehydration, corrosion and crystallisation.
4. X-ray analysis for determination of elemental composition with an Oxford Ultim Max Large Area SDD EDS detector with Oxford AZtec EDS processing software.
The stage has a lateral movement range of 100 mm and a vertical movement range of 60 mm.

Applications

Applications for the Quanta 450 are wide ranging and include imaging and microanalysis of metals, semiconductors, materials and their defects, coatings, particles, fibres and geological and biological samples.

Summary

The FEI Quanta 450 is a High Resolution Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope capable of operation in three different modes: High Vacuum, Low Vacuum and Environmental SEM (ESEM). As well as a standard sample stage, the instrument also has cooling, heating and tensile stages. The Quanta 450 is used to image and analyse surface topography and morphology, collect backscattered electron images and characterise and determine a sample's elemental composition via energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS). It has an Oxford Ultim Max Large Area SDD EDS detector with Oxford AZtec EDS processing software and also has live mapping functionality.

Alfa Chemistry provides FEI Quanta 450 FEG Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)-based electron microscopy imaging services to our clients. If you are interested, please feel free to contact us.

For research use only, not intended for any clinical use.

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