[sudo-discuss] [CCL] Free Scanning Electron Microscope in Pleasanton! (was Fwd: [Microscopy] viaWWW:SMI3200 FIB system looking for a good home)

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Hm - "refurbished by refilling the reservoir with Gallium". That sounds
like a DIY job if I ever heard one! I happen to have some Gallium sitting
right here...

Patrik

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, here's a link to a 'quote' on a new source... I've heard how
> much these usually cost before, but I can't remember exactly at the
> moment. I think around $2-4k:
>
> https://www.appliedbeams.com/product/gallium-lmis-refill-for-seiko-fib-systems/
>
> Here's a good primer on FIB I just found when searching for the
> average lifetime of the Gallium source:
> (warning 159MB)
>
> http://www.emal.engin.umich.edu/courses/FIB%20Workshop%202008/FIB%20Workshop%202008%20Handouts.pdf
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> DOH! Thank Nathan - that would be a huge difference. I got fooled by the
> >> fact that the several listings on caeonline.com all call it a FIB SEM
> >> system:
> >>
> >> http://www.caeonline.com/listing/product/9095358/seiko-smi-3200
> >> http://www.caeonline.com/listing/product/67711/seiko-smi-3200
> >> http://www.caeonline.com/listing/product/9025735/seiko-smi-3200
> >>
> >> Don't these things usually allow some secondary electron imaging as well
> >> though?
> >
> > Yes, the imaging electronics is the same as a scanning electron
> > microscope, the beam scan electronics probably a bit different but
> > mostly the same ideas (using electrical or magnetic fields to scan the
> > beam).
> >
> >>
> >> If it doesn't have any imaging capabilities, I doubt that we would want
> this
> >> beast. Would be good to check this with the owner though...
> >
> > Yep, I'm guessing this has imaging... it would be pretty hard to focus
> > to <5nm without some feedback to check edges for!
>
>
>
> --
> -Nathan
>
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