FEI has announced the completion of a multiple system installation at the Materials Ageing Institute (MAI) in France.
The MAI microscopy laboratory has commissioned its FEI Titan Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (S/TEM).
The Titan joins the MAI's FEI Tecnai S/TEM, Helios Dualbeam and Quanta 600 Field Emission Gun (FEG) in the microscopy facilities, where they will be used to study the ageing of materials to improve the reliability and safety, and extend the lifetimes, of nuclear and non-nuclear power plants.
The Tecnai S/TEM is used for routine investigations of structure and composition.
The Helios Dualbeam combines scanning-electron-microscope (SEM) imaging and focused-ion-beam (FIB) milling to allow high-resolution imaging and analysis of three-dimensional structures and subsurface defects.
The Quanta 600 FEG permits SEM examination of samples under a variety of vacuum and environmental conditions, including dynamic observations of oxidation, corrosion and other chemical and physical ageing processes.
