SU: Dept. of Earth Sciences

MicroProbe Lab

JEOL JXA 8600 Superprobe: Scanning Electron Microscope/Microprobe:

Five Wavelength Dispersive Detectors, one Energy Dispersive Detector, and one Cathodoluminescence Camera

Automation Hardware and Software from Geller MicroAnalytical

JEOL 8600: Sample air lock and insertion probe closeup. Note optical microscope and EDS above Air Lock.
JEOL 8600: Custom and Commercial Sample holders:
Custom 6 sample 1" round samples: upper left
Commercial 4 position Thin Section samples: lower left
Custom 2 sample 1.25: round samples: upper right
Custom 4 position Thick (3mm) Section Samples: lower right
1" Acrylic Mount: Left
1" Epoxy Mount: Right
Denton Vacuum DV502A Carbon Coater
w/HiRes 100 Cr coater
Denton DV502A C coater closeup
Denton DV502A: Closeup of rotating spindle head for Al tabs: Note - epoxy mount to the left of spindle
Denton DV502A: Closeup of graphite rod assembly

Secondary Electron Imagery BackScatter Electron Imagery



Links
Sites
Tutorials
Software
Cheatham's Instrumentation Pages - SEM/EMPA
Univ Oregon EBMA Lecture Notes

a lecture series by Dan Weill, Jack Rice, Michael Shaffer and John Donovan

ImageJ 1.33 for MacOSX

NIH Image for older Mac operating systems

Scion Image Beta 4.02 for Windows 95 to XP

JEOL's A Guide to Scanning Microscope Observations (pdf)

© 2005 Michael M. Cheatham