Lehigh University Department of MS & E

Electron Microscopy (Lehigh Microscopy Center)

  • Hitachi 4300 Cold Field Emission High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope
    suitable for low-voltage operation, quantitative image analysis, and qualitative light element chemical analysis via EDS

  • JEOL 733 Microprobe
    equipped with an EDS detector and four WDS detectors for quantitative chemical analysis

  • FEI DB235 Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Milling System
    capable of preparing electron-transparent TEM samples from specific regions of the microstructure; replaces the labor and time intensive manual TEM sample preparation methods

  • JEOL 2000FX and Philips EM 400T Transmission Electron Microscope
    for imaging of fine structures

  • JEOL 2200 Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope
    equipped with Cs corrector
  • Two field emission dedicated STEMs
    • VG HB 603 300kV with two EDS systems
    • VG HB 501

  • Philips XL-30 Scanning Electron Microscope
    equipped with Evex EDS system and TSL EBSD system

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Light Optical Microscopy and Mechanical Testing

  • Reichert, Ziess, and Olympus Light Optical Metallographs

  • LECO 3001 System for Computerized Quantitative Image Analysis

  • LECO Microhardness Tester

  • Manual, automatic, vibratory, and electrolytic polishing polishing equipment
  • In-situ polishing equipment - manual and electrolytic

  • INSTRON Frames equipped with FTA software for tensile, fracture toughness, and fatigue crack growth testing

  • MTS Charpy Impact Tester

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