Solar Atmospheres commissions scanning electron microscope

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Solar Atmospheres has purchased and commissioned a Hitachi FlexSEM1000 II scanning electron microscope. According to the company, the device will allow it to meet strict customer requirements for low-level contamination from carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen after heat treating.

The microscope also will enable the company to fulfill materials characterization and microstructural determination requests beyond basic metallography and hardness testing. It includes an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy option to characterize the elemental composition of the sample under investigation.