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Micro Analytical Facility

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Micro Analytical Facility - Department of Geology
2-46 Brodie Building
270 - 18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 6A9

Facility Manager: Michelle A.E. Huminicki, PhD
Phone: (204) 727-7499
Fax: (204) 728-7346
email: huminickim@brandonu.ca

Imaging (SE and BSE)

A Sense of Scale

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Secondary Electron Images

Surface Topography

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Bacscattered Electron Images

Intensity of the signal is proporational to the average atomic number (AAN) of the specimen producing a grey-scale image.

  • Lower average atomic number = darker (bornite Cu 5FeS 4)
  • Higher average atomic number = brighter (paolovite Pd 2Sn)

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