Technical Equipment
Microstructure analysis, material analysis and material characterization
Electron microscopic preparation technique
- Emitech K450 to sputter samples with carbon
- Emitech K550 to sputter samples with gold or gold / palladium
- Gatan PECS for ion etching and sputtering SEM samples
- Diamond wire and disc cutting machines
- Apparatus for parallel grinding of TEM preparations
- Gatan PIPS for thinning TEM preparations using an Ar-ion beam
- Struers TENUPOL 5 for the electrolytic thinning of TEM preparations
K550 and K450: Evaporator to sputter non-conductive samples with carbon
TENUPOL 5: Ultra high precision diamond wire saw for preparing TEM samples
PECS: Etching system from GATAN for sample preparation of SEM-samples
PIPS: Ion polishing system from GATAN for TEM-sample preparation
Plant for chemical etching of TEM samples
→ see also materialography service
Contact Person

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Gester
- Telefon:+49 371 531-33649
- Fax:+49 371 531- 833649
- Raum:3, 3/A105
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