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Sorry, I meant a beam resolution of ca. 0.7 MICRO-meter (not nm...) with
a LaB6....
J.
On 6/20/12 1:06 AM, Gerald Schmidt wrote:
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> Ritchie,
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> what an exciting prospect! I hope your case will be successful.
>
> I work at an institute that's mainly focused on materials research. We
> are using a medium-old SEM (W cathode) and a medium-new EPMA (JXA-8100).
> Our researchers as well as our industrial partners appreciate both
> methods for their respective strengths.
>
> Would your department cooperate with the the School of Engineering, i.e.
> would your new microprobe be available to them? If so, I think they
> should be quite supportive!
>
> According to the website of the Research Centre for Surface and
> Materials Science (RCSMS), their SEM equipment is new and provides
> high-performance electron imaging thanks to their Field Emission (FE)
> sources. A microprobe could and should not compete with that. However,
> even high-performance FE SEMs can not provide better spectral EDS
> resolution than the WDS of a microprobe. For example, how do they
> resolve the problem of line overlaps, such as Mo and S?
> Especially in our research field of high temperature materials, we often
> look at alloys containing Mo, and aggressive environments containing S,
> and we want to be able to tell what happens on and below the metal
> surface when those alloys are exposed to high temperatures in aggressive
> environments. You could think of other examples too, and I'm sure the
> RCSMS would love to have a WDS solution at hand!
>
> Another strength of the EPMA clearly is element mapping. Even the
> coolest FE SEM will produce rather sad looking maps (some examples
> provided on the RCSMS website). I bet if you show a comparison of EDS /
> WDS maps this will convince some people! Especially industrial
> researchers love our colourful WDS maps.
>
> Finally, when it comes to precise quantification of alloying elements in
> special steels or Nickel-base alloys, we know we cannot rely on EDS.
> Even just the word "standardless" should ring some alarm bells!
> Of course it will be challenging to make this point without sounding too
> critical about the work that's been done at the RCSMS so far ;-)
>
> Good luck!
> Gerald
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: JEOL-Focused Probe Users List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im
> Auftrag von Ritchie Sims
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2012 09:12
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: [PROBEUSERS] Case for a new EPMA
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> Hi
>
> For the past ten years we have been using a JXA-840A with EDS for
> quantitative geological
> work, it's been OK, for analytes > about 0.2%, but there is a chance now
> to make a case for
> a brand-new 'proper' EPMA.
>
> The complication is that we have to find as many potential users, from
> within and without the
> University, to support us.
>
> In the School of Engineering there are a couple of SemS, with close ties
> to local industry, and
> because their standardless analytical packages give element
> concentrations to two decimal
> places, they and their users accept that their results are quantitative
> (!).
>
> They are likely to oppose our getting a new EPMA as it would probably
> reduce their revenue
> stream.
>
> I know virtually nothing of probe applications outside Geology.
>
> I would really appreciate hearing of EPMA projects and applications in
> non-geological fields
> to help me prepare a case. It would be great to list those for which an
> EPMA beats an SEM
> hands-down.
>
> cheers
>
> Ritchie
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