USGS-GD-Scientific Capabilities - MICROBEAM INSTRUMENTS ELECTRON MICROPROBE Technique

MICROBEAM INSTRUMENTS

ELECTRON MICROPROBE

Technique


 
The electron microbeam laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art JEOL 8900 electron microprobes and image processing facilities. The laboratories provide the highest quality micro-analytical data including quantitative analysis, digital elemental mapping, qualitative analysis, and secondary and backscattered electron imaging. The laboratories are equipped to address a wide variety of geological and materials problems including phase chemistry, cross section analysis, and chemical and textural characterization. The laboratories provide services to the Divisions of the USGS as well as other Federal agencies and universities and are recognized as a world class facility.
 


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