Sample Preparation
Materialographic sample preparation
A continuous consistent description of the microstructure is possible using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. For that purpose high quality materialographic preparation is necessary to avoid misinterpretation of microstructures. Different devices for surface and cross-sectional preparation are available. Investigations can be done for metals, ceramics, polymers and their composites.
In the following you find the available devices used in our laboratory:
TegraPol-35 plus TegraForce 5 half-automaticgrinding and polishing device (Struers)
RotoPol-2 manually used grinding maschine (Struers)
ProntoPress 20 warm-setting molding device (including temperature and pressure control) (Struers)
Minicut low-speed precisions saw (Scan-Dia)
Accutom 50 precisions saw (Struers)
DSM 982 Gemini SEM (Zeiss)
EM ACE 600 coater for carbon and metal coatings (Leica)
Lectropol 5 electrolytic polishing and etching device (Struers)