NanoSIMS 50L
Provided by; Planetary & Space Sciences Research Institute; The Open University
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Scientific Contact:
Dr Ian Franchi
Planetary & Space Sciences Research Institute
The Open University
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes
MK 7 6AA, UK
Email:
Phone 00 44 1908 655173 |
Local administrative contact (once a TNA visit is awarded):
Ms B J Bishop
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Phone 00 44 1908 655253 Fax 00 44 1908 654192 |
Facility Description
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NanoSIMS 50L
- With Cs+ and O2- primary beam
- 7 Detectors (up to 4 Faradays)
- Two modes of operation:
- High resolution imaging (to typically 100nm)
- High precision spot analyses (typically few mm)
Support Equipment
- Sample coaters gold and carbon
- Clean bench, containing
- Optical microscope with CCD
- Micromanipulator
- Sample press
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Sample Requirements
- Standard sample mounts are 10mm, 12.5mm and 25.4mm diameter rounds
- Samples must be flat
- Either polished or pressed such that topography is <10 microns
- Samples can be mounted in a variety of ways, common approaches are:
- Pressed into a gold foil mounted on Al or SS flat stub
- Polished blocks or sections we request UHV compatible resin e.g. Korapox 439 epoxy
- Pressed and polished in Indium metal
- Free retained between a SS flat stub abd a SS grid (minimum diameter 4 mm)
- Samples must be clean, stable and suitable for UHV
- Samples should be well characterised and maps available for sample navigation
- Insulating materials will need to be gold, or carbon coated
- For unusual samples or analyses, standards should also be provided
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Facility Applications
Facility References
Selected relevant publications
For information on the Europlanet TNA programme contact:
Professor N J Mason, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Walton Hall. Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Email (preferred method of contact)
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