SEM
This page was originally created to help me figure out options for buying a SEM for personal use. Since then, it has served best as a magnet for other DIY SEM people to contact me and collaborate with each other. If you have any SEM material (pictures, user manual, schematics, etc) I am very interested. Also feel free to contact me if you are looking for info on a particular model and I'll see what I can dig up
I can be contacted at JohnDMcMaster *at* gmail.com
SEM model comparison
Also includes links to schematics, manuals, etc
Master SEM list:
Where: Gun type * WHP: tungsten hairpin * CFE: cold field emission * TFE: thermally assisted field emission
This was broken up because the large tables were causing server issues
A list of scanning electron microscopes. Some dual beam FIBs are included for now but may eventually be moved to their own page
year reflects earliest reference to that SEM model. When one company has merged with another, the vendor name most associated with that microscope is listed (ie who designed or marketed the system as opposed to who owns the IP 20 years later)
assume list prices are non-inflation adjusted from around year SEM was offered
ask prices were from around 10/05/2013 unless otherwise noted
I've included ultra-high voltage SEMs as well
schematic column marked Yes if at least one schematic from the unit is available (original or reverse engineered)
Some units may be duplicated. When its ambiguous if two units are the same they get two separate rows until can be reasonably proven to be redundant
Document sources can be found in README.txt file in the same directory as the linked document
Misc notes:
"1990s…Carl Zeiss and Leica joined to form LEO Electron Microscopy, Inc" [1990s] "1996 Philips bought Electroscan…to form Philips Electroscan" [1990s] 1997: "Philips Electron Optics and a company called FEI merged under the name FEI" [1990s]
Privately owned
List of privately owned SEMs (ie die hard SEMolites that we could probably collaborate with):
McMaster ISI Super III A Noisebridge ISI TV Mini SEM lapointe2 ISI Super III A Ben Krasnow DIY SEM SCIFIaction: Our living room Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) * Main site: http:www.sciencephotography.com/ Jeri Ellsworth: Video showing my electron microscope in action * Complete/working Amray 1800 + some of Cambridge and ASI SEM's This guy is trying to get rid of his Amray 1610T as of May 2013 bbandli JEOL JSM-6490LV DC: Philips XL30 Sascha: Super IIIA Markus: Aspex PSEM Pumping station 1 (Leica Cambridge Stereoscan 430?) Tom Kaye * JEOL T-300 * JEOL 6300F Hitachi S-4500 Gavin in Sydney is restoring
References
Google group for home SEM hobbyists: https:''groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/home-sem-hobbyists Might be interesting read and/or get in contact with them: http:blog.lib.umn.edu/bbandli/semlablog/ Electron microscopy in the… Electron microscopy in the 1960s: http:authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/materials/public/ElectronMicroscope/EM1960s.htm Electron microscopy in the 1970s: http:authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/materials/public/ElectronMicroscope/EM1970s.htm Electron microscopy in the 1980s: http:authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/materials/public/ElectronMicroscope/EM1980s.htm Electron microscopy in the 1990s: http:authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/materials/public/ElectronMicroscope/EM1990s.htm ISI research advert: http:webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PzDd1oLzlawJ:cdn-pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/ac50015a716+&cd=18&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu OSU MINISEM1: http:www.science.oregonstate.edu/emfacility/?q=node/History/EM/MINISEM1 Virago: http:www.drviragopete.com/scanning-electron-microscope.php DS130 * DS130: http:ds130.com/ds130.htm United Material Technologies, LLC. Equipment Analytical [UMT EA]: http:www.unitedmt.com/equipment_analytical.htm Taking apart the controls of a scanning electron microscope [AMS SEM]: http:amymakesstuff.com/2011/06/29/taking-apart-the-controls-of-a-scanning-electron-microscope/ Complete ISI Model 40 Scanning Electron Microscope ( SEM ) [dtradingpost ISI-40]: http:dtradingpost.com/isi40qte.htm PTLI ISI-SS40: http:www.ptli.com/testlopedia/tests/sem.asp Microanalysis In Science and Engineering [TNTech MSE]: http:www.cae.tntech.edu/~jbiernacki/nsfteacherworkshop.htm eBay 231289327125: product4you80, “Set of ISI Scanning Electron Microscopes WB-6 w/ manual and accessories” equipmatching: http:www.equipmatching.com/used_equipment/4/62/327603.php http:www.semtechsolutions.com/sites/default/files/2010-SEM-List.pdf
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