Mailing Address
Microtrace LLC
790 Fletcher Drive
Suite 106
Elgin, IL 60123-4755

Phone: (847) 742-9909
Fax: (847) 742-2160

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Microtrace is licensed to handle
DEA controlled substances
(schedules 1, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5).
 

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Cathodoluminescence Microscopy

In cathodoluminescence microscopy, an electron beam is focused onto the sample.  In certain samples, the electron-sample interaction results in visible luminescence.  Luminescence in materials results from either the trace element content of a material or the nano-scale structure.  Shown above from left to right in cathodoluminescence: calcite and zircon (top), wollastonite and corrundum (bottom).  The grains in these images are on the order of 100 micrometers.

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