TESCAN LYRA3 FEG-SEM

The OXIMS sample preparation area provides facilities for preparing materials for microscopy, diffraction and mechanical characterisation.

Capabilities

• Hot and cold mounting

• Precision cutting and sectioning

• Grinding and polishing

• Optical microscopy

• Bright-field, dark-field and polarised-light imaging

• Microhardness testing

Useful links: 

Metallographic grinding and polishing – Struers:

https://www.struers.com/en/Knowledge/Grinding-and-polishing

Metallographic mounting – Struers:

https://www.struers.com/en/knowledge/mounting