SERVICES

Sample Preparation

  • Large Part Sectioning
  • Sectioning with Masking
  • Metallographic Cross Sections
  • Alumina (Al2O3)
  • Aluminum Nitride (AIN)
  • Silicon Carbide (SiC)
  • Quartz
  • Plasma Sprayed Coatings
  • Anodizing
  • Platings
  • Ceramics
  • Alloys
  • Ion Beam Milling/Etching
  • Thin Coatings
  • PCB’s
  • Ceramics
  • Specialty Etching
  • Macro Sample Prep
  • Macro Sample Etching
  • Fractography

Imaging

  • Quanta 600 SEM
  • NanoLab 200 FESEM
  • Optical Light Microscopy
  • Brightfield (DIC)
  • Darkfield
  • Polarized Light
  • Stereoscope
  • Macroscopic Imaging
  • UV Light

Chemical Analysis

  • Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) Analysis
  • Elemental Line Scans
  • Elemental Mapping
  • Fourier-Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (FTIR)
  • Polymers
  • Organics
  • Thermogravimetric Analysis-Mass Spectrometry (TG-MS)
  • Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
  • Corrosion Testing
  • Material Defects
  • Contamination
  • Material Misidentification

ENIG Hyper-Corrosion Testing Per Specification IPC 4552