Sample Preparation Laboratory

Sample Preparation Room.

In recognition of the fact that sample preparation is important in materials characterization, our laboratory has extensive facilities for metallographic, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation. The various categories include a
dark room for developing negatives, as well as:

Metallographic and SEM Sample Preparation Facility

• Struers’ Primopress, Uniforce and Buehler’s Simplimet for sample mounting
• Struers’ RotoPol-21 and RotoPol-2 for grinding
• Struers' Vibratory polisher, Abrapol-2 and Buehler’s Vibromet2 for polishing
• Struers’ Accutom-5 for cutting

TEM Sample Preparation Facility

• Low-speed diamond saws
• Fischione jet electropolishing
• Gatan precision dimple grinders
• South Bay Technology tripod polishes
• Fischione ion-beam thinning device

For more information, please contact Bob Goddard.