Sample preparation
Technical managers: Auriane Etienne and Béatrice Foulon
Sample preparation
- Hot mounting machine STRUERS Citropress-1 (mounting diameter 25 mm)
- Optical microscope NIKON Eclipse LV150 (BF, DF, DIC)
- Electrolytic polishing unit for thin foils STRUERS TenuPol-5 with thermostat LAUDA Proline X RP 845 C(-40°C / +40°C)
- Electrolytic unit for chemical etching STRUERS LectroPol-5
- Polishing machine for glove box CLS Engineering
- Automatic electrolytic polishing unit for atom probe tips Simplex Scientific ElecroPointer
- Manual electrolytic polishing unit for atom probe tips Simplex Scientific ElecroPointer
- Ion polishing system GATAN PIPSII (cold stage, motorized guns, vizualisation via GMS2)
Thermal treatments
- Nuclearized vaccum furnace Nabertherm RT50-250 (Max T°C 1000°C, secondary vaccum 10-7mbar, nuclearization CLS engineering)
