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

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

Contact Us

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

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Scanning Electron Microscope

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) (LEO 435 VP) uses electrons instead of light to create an image.  Because an electron has a much shorter wavelength than light in the visible region of the spectrum, higher magnifications can be obtained (up to 100,000 times with this microscope) than with a light microscope.  This allows observations of particles as small as several hunderd nanometers in diameter. In addition, X-rays produced from the sample can be detected (energy dispersive spectroscopy, EDS or EDX) to identify the elemental composition of the sample.

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