Philips CM 12 microscope is used for precharacterisation of samples and can provide data containing general information about sample's morphology, size distribution, structure (by means of powder diffraction) and average elemental composition.

Philips CM 12

Specifications

Acceleration voltage 20-120 kV
Thermal LaB6 cathode
Oxford EDX system for quantitative element analysis, max. resolution 0.5 % for element analysis (Isis and Inca software)
Hamamatsu optical CCD camera with "Item" software
Nanoprobe scanning option
Secondary electron detector
Dark field detector
Pressure at sample: 10-6 mbar

 

Sample holders

Philips single tilt holder
Philips double tilt holder
Low background sample holder (required for EDX)
Gatan cooling holder (Tmin = 80 K)