SEM Laboratory



SEM Laboratory

 

The Department of Geosciences Advanced Microscopy Lab houses a Zeiss EVO 15 Secondary Electron Microscope, equipped with Oxford AZtecLive Standard Energy Dispersive X-ray System with Ultim Max 65 detector, Oxford AZtecHKL Electron Backscatter Diffraction C-Nano, and a Zeiss cathodoluminescence detector. The lab also hosts petrographic microscopy equipment including a Nikon LV100 Polarizing Microscope with Nikon DS-10 color camera and a Nikon Stereomicroscope with Nikon DS-Fi3 color camera. Both microscopes are hooked to a workstation that runs the Nikon NIS-Elements Advanced Research software. The lab also has a JOEL EC-32010CC carbon coater. Samples preparation equipment for SEM work are also available.

 

 

SEM

 

 

Rates for AU Internal Users for FY26 are 
 
For non-AU users, please get in touch with gottardi@auburn.edu for details. 
 
Lab Location
Department of Geosciences - Auburn University
2093B Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum
Auburn, Alabama 36849
 
Lab Contact Information
Dr. Raphaël Gottardi
gottardi@auburn.edu
Department of Geosciences - Auburn University
2093B Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum
Auburn, Alabama 36849