Applications of high-resolution microanalysis

Dr. T. Mohr-Westheide and Dr. L. Hecht, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2015
Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
Main BuildingRoom 405

Electron microprobe analysis using a field emission gun allows chemical characterization of geomaterials even below the 1 µm scale. Raman spectroscopy relies on the scattering of light and allows the structural and in part chemical characterization of liquid and solid material. The structural data can be acquired on 1 µm scale and thus is ideal to complement the micro-chemical information derived from electron microprobe. The course gives a basic introduction to these techniques using examples of research on impact cratering and meteorites.