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

[Adam Munich]

I'm excited. That was a $5,000,000 machine at one point.
On Jul 1, 2015 6:10 PM, "Patrik D'haeseleer" <patrikd at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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