To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. Originally published in 2005, this book covers the closely related techniques of ...

The instrument is a dedicated field emission, wavelength dispersive electron microprobe (EPMA). Quantitative elemental data can be obtained from most elements (Fluorine to Uranium) with detection ...

This guide assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of how an electron microprobe functions, and of X-ray generation and behaviour as stipulated by the Bragg Law. In order to understand what ...

The Robert M. MacKay Electron Microprobe Laboratory (EMPA laboratory) in the Department of Earth Sciences has operated as a regional facility since 1984. In 2006 the lab became affiliated with the ...

The wavelength dispersive X-ray (WDX) electron microprobe is capable of unattended overnight elemental analysis of materials in polished sections or blocks. Images from the sample surface can also be ...

Some majors offer summer field camps and trips as part of the course of study. Purdue also has a lot of spectacular equipment available for its students, including a state-of-the-art automated ...

At the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland: Volcanologist Bryndís Gisladottir demonstrated a protective helmet for lava sampling; an electron microprobe for analyzing the ...

Both energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS) mapping are available. Instrumentation: A JEOL JXA-8900 electron microprobe with five fully automated crystal ...

Invisible volcanic glass shards found in Tasmanian wetland sediment may have originated from the supereruption of New Zealand ...