ELECTRON MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS
Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences encompass a wide range of scientific disciplines that carry out research into the detailed characterization of geological materials. Scanning electron microscopy is a vital tool in this field as it provides high resolving power as well as a variety of analytical capabilities.
Secondary electron (SE) images are essential in micropaleontology, as the topography of specimens is very important, while backscattered electron (BSE) images are of greater relevance in mineralogy, petrology and economic geology, as they provide an important compositional contrast. TESCAN offers a series of specialized instruments that aim to meet the diverse demands of geological applications, whether specific or general.
Petrology and Mineralogy
Petrology and Mineralogy focus on the study of solid rocks and minerals. Most of these materials feature a wide range of mineral species and very fine structures. These techniques provide information about the morphology as well as the chemistry of individual grains.
Pyrite framboid in coal seam crack
Paleontology
Paleontology is a branch of geology focused on the study of fossils (ancient remains of living organisms preserved in rocks).
Cocolithophore
Mineral processing
Mineral processing or extractive metallurgy is an integral part of the mining industry. It focuses on extracting metals from their natural mineral form. Mineral characterization through mineralogical techniques is of great importance in all areas involving mineral processing.
Hydrogen sulfide complex mineral from magmatic deposit
Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas is a specific field of applied geology that combines economic and structural geology with methods of mineralogy, paleontology and sedimentology. The mineralogical, structural and paleontological capabilities of scanning electron microscopy provide a wide range of tools used in characterizing rock reservoirs.
Cross section of a shale sample
Recycling
The basic principles of Automated Mineralogy based on the identification and quantification of solid phases by their composition determined from a combination of X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and backscattered electron (BSE) allow its wide use in many other disciplines besides the mining industry and research in earth sciences.
TESCAN equipment for EARTH SCIENCES
TESCAN VEGA 4
Analytical SEM for routine materials characterization, research, and micrometer-scale quality control applications.
TESCAN MIRA 4
High-resolution analytical SEM for routine materials characterization, research, and quality control applications at submicron scale.
TESCAN TIMA PETROGRAPHY
The combined microanalysis and automated petrography solution for geoscientists.
TESCAN TIMA MINERALOGY
The automated mineralogy solution for particle-by-particle measurement of mineralogy, grind size, release and separation.
TESCAN AMBER 2
Versatile nanoanalytical FIB-SEM to expand your materials research capabilities.
TESCAN CORETOM
Multi-resolution micro-CT system optimized for geoscience applications.
TESCAN DYNATOM
The world’s first dedicated dynamic micro-CT for your in situ experimental needs.
TESCAN RAMAN SEM
TESCAN RISE combines focal Raman microscopy with SEM microscopy (RISE) in an integrated microscope system.
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