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The Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry runs a modified Cameca IMS3f ion microprobe. On this page you find a technical description of this instrument.

General :

Layout

Ion optics layout

Instrument

View of the instrument

Features :

  • O-, O2+, or Cs+ primary ion beam
  • Secondary ion mass range from H to U
  • Mass resolution power M/DM up to 8000
  • SEM secondary ion counting system, or Faraday Cup ion current measurement
  • Microchannel plate / Fluorescent screen detector for use as a secondary ion microscope

Specials :

  • CCD camera mounted for secondary ion imaging
  • Improved peripheral electronics for better voltage stability
  • Customized software for isotopic analyses, written in LabVIEW
  • Automated ion imaging mode fully integrated to control software
  • Customized software for rare-earth-element analyses

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