Metallography and Imaging Lab

• Comprehensive metallographic polishing facilities
• Precision Ion Etching and Coating System (Gatan PECS 682): Provides not only the ability to “Dry” etching as an alternative to chemical etching but also, in the same vacuum chamber, coat the surface with Ar ion sputter nano-scale coatings with thickness controlled by a film thickness sensor; this provides us with the capability to apply protective conductive films over very clean surfaces
• Broad area digital light microscopy by conventional and polarized reflected light with a digitally controlled stage and integrated software for through-focal image assembly and higher resolution image mosaic collection
• Hardness and fracture toughness measurement using diamond micro-indenters

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• PECS Gatan. PECS Gatan.
• Hardness testers. Hardness testers.
• Metallographic polishing facilities. Metallographic polishing facilities.
• Polarized reflected light microscope. Polarized reflected light microscope.
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