Preparatory Equipment

For thin sections of metals, ceramics & geologicals:

VCR Group Preparation Equipment

• for preparation of physical sciences samples for ion milling, including
• ultrasonic disc cutter
• lapping system
• dimple grinding device with automated cutoff

GATAN Ion-Thinning Mill

• to prepare physical sciences samples thin enough for TEM (molecular thickness)
• cryogenic stages available for labile specimen preparation
• automated specimen preparation
• Argon and Iodine-compatible milling

For X-ray analytical work:

Double-tilt analytical side-entry goniometer

• Be tip with picoammeter for quantitative X-ray
• interface to JEOL JSM-880 and 2000-FX

Standard side-entry analytical holder

• for JEOL JSM-880 and 2000-FX
• Beryllium tip

For sectioning biological materials for TEM:

• 3 Sorvall Porter-Blum MT2-B ultramicrotomes, 2 Sorvall Porter-Blum MT2 ultramicrotomes and 1 RMC MT-6000.
• DIATOME and DuPONT diamond knives are available for use by the SRNML technical support staff

The Lab also contains:

• IBM 80486DX2-100 MHz personal computer 16 MByte memory, 345 MByte hard drive used for image analysis, stereology, 3-D cellular reconstruction, image analysis, quantification, and instruction
• JEOL vacuum evaporator
• Polaron vacuum evaporator
• Hummer VI triode sputter coater
• Hummer II diode sputter coater
• Tousimis Autosamdri critical point drier
• Embedding ovens
• O'Haus digital balance
• Ultrasonic cleaning device
• Rotary stirring device
• IEC clinical centrifuge
• Water deionizer

Two darkrooms contain:

• stainless steel developing tanks
• Arkay nitrogen burst agitation system
• Durst point-source enlarger
• Beseler color enlarger
• Durst automatic print developer
• Arkay auto-dodge contact printer
• Arkay paper drier

Light microscopy equipment:

• 2 Nikon stereo dissecting microscopes with fiber optic illumination*
• 1 Bausch and Lomb dissecting microscope
• Nikon phase contrast laboratory microscope
• Nikon research microscope with Nomarski interference contrast*

Information is also available on:

• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
• Cryogenic preparation equipment available
• Research and educational programs

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