BRAZILIAN ARMY
Military Institute of Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Department of Materials Engineering (SE/8)
Graduate Program in
Materials Science and Engineering
Electron Microscopy Laboratory
The following activities are carried out in the Electronic Microscopy Laboratory:
Sample characterization by Scanning Electron Microscopy (secondary electron imaging, electron backscattered imaging, electron backscatter diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, analysis of gun shot residue;
Sample characterization by Transmission Electron Microscopy (image and selected area diffraction).
The following equipments are available:
FEI (SEM-FEG) scanning electron microscope with field emission gun;
JEOL scanning electron microscope;
JEOL transmission electron microscope;
3 energy dispersion X-ray microanalysis accessories;
microtexture accessories;
LEICA EM ACE 600 equipment for carbon spraying carbon and deposition of gold, platinum, chromium, platinum and tungsten by sputtering;
GTAN equipment for cutting and polishing samples for transmission electron microscopy.
Area: 70 m².
Contacts: Prof. Marcelo Henrique Prado da Silva (Head of LME) - marceloprado@ime.eb.br
