Scanning Electron Microscopy

Phenom Desktop SEM

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Electron Microscopy

The Phenom Electron Microsopes are not only smaller, simpler and cheaper than a floor-model. Thanks to their low vacuum in sample chamber they are faster and do not require any coating for non-conductive surfaces!

Discover the Phenom XL G3 desktop SEM

The third generation Phenom XL combines unrivalled speed, sharper images and maximum uptime.

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Desktop-Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with EDX Option

The Phenom Electron Microscopes are not only smaller, simpler and cheaper than a floor-model. Thanks to their low vacuum in sample chamber they are faster and do not require any coating for non-conductive surfaces!

The product line consists of:

  • Phenom XL (For large samples up to 100x100mm, 62mm height)
  • Phenom Pro, ProX, Pure (Magnification up to 350,000 x, resolution 6-8nm)
  • Phenom Pharos (Field Emission Cathode for highest resolution, magnification up to 2,000,000 x !)
  • Phenom GSR (Automated Gunshot Residue Analyse for forensic solutions)
  • Phenom Particle X (Automated particle analysis according to VDA19/ISO16232 for technical purity and additive manufacturing)
  • Axia ChemiSEM (floor-model for samples with up to 10 kg weight)

As an option, all systems can be upgraded with SED and EDX detectors. The acceleration voltage can vary between 2 and 20.5 kV.

UNDER THIS EMAIL ADDRESS YOU CAN INQUIRE ABOUT SERVICE FOR PHENOM.

PHENOM PRO, ProX (350,000x, <8nm Resolution, EDX Elemental Analysis)

  • Excellent image quality thanks to the CeB6 source  with high brilliance at low acceleration voltages
  • Ca. 1500 working hours of the source (4-6 years of typical use)
  • Magnification up to 350,000x (plus 12x digital zoom)
  • Variable acceleration voltage (for ProX and XL)
  • EDX elemental analysis (optional for Phenom Pro and Pure)
  • Optional SED Detector
  • Fast sample preparation
  • Easy and fast sample transfer (10-15 seconds)
  • Intuitive navigation
  • Motorized precision-XY stage
  • Color CCD camera incl. zoom 20x up to 120x (Pro and ProX)
  • Robust, space-saving construction; straightforward operation
  • As options: 3D reconstruction, surface roughness measurement, stitching and automatic measurement of fiber cross-sections.

ParticleMetric Software (Particle Measurement)

Phenom XL G2(200,000 x, <9nm Resolution with Optional EDX Elemental Analysis and SE Detector)

  • Excellent image quality thanks to the CeB6 source  with high brilliance at low acceleration voltages
  • Ca. 3000 working hours of the source (4-6 years of typical use)
  • Magnification up to 200,000x (plus 12x digital zoom)
  • Variable acceleration voltage 2 – 20.5 kV
  • Opional EDX Detector (25 & 70 mm²)
  • Optional SED Detector
  • Fast sample preparation
  • Easy and fast sample transfer (30-40 seconds)
  • Intuitive navigation
  • Optional 5-axis stage (XYZTR)
  • Robust, space-saving construction; straightforward operation
  • As options: 3D reconstruction, surface roughness measurement, stitching and automatic measurement of Asbestos Filter Analysis.

ParticleMetric Software (Particle Measurement)

Phenom Pharos G2 FEG-SEM (2,000,000 x, 2nm Resolution with Optional EDX Elemental Analysis and SE Detector)

  • Field Emission Cathode with excellent 2nm resolution
  • COMPETITIVE WITH FLOOR-MODELS
  • High Vacuum Mode
  • Medium Vacuum Mode
  • Integrated Charge Reduction (Low Vacuum Mode)
  • Standard: 5/10/15/20 kV easy use
  • Extended mode: adjustable between 1 kV and 20 kV
  • Backscattered Electron Detector (Standard)
  • Detector for Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS/EDX) (optional)
  • Secondary Electron Detector (Everhart Thornley-optional)
  • Sample size up to 25 mm diameter (32 mm optional)
  • Sample height up to 35 mm (100 mm optional)

Phenom GSR (Gun Shot Residue, ASTM E1588-17 compatible)

  • Sample size max. 100 mm x 100 mm (up to 30 x 12 mm Pin Stubs), max. 40 mm (Height)
  • Software specifications:
    • Complies with ASTM E1588-17
    • Typically ≥ 98 % match with standardized Plano-GSR-samples
    • Supports classification of lead-free ammunition types
    • Automatic Calibration for reproducible results
  • Detector types
    • Silicon-Drift-Detektor (SDD)
    • Peltier-chilling (LN2-frei)
  • Reporting-Workflow: Particle drift, user-friendly reporting system
  • Acquisition-mode: 316 (W) x 587 (L) x 625 (H) mm

Phenom ParticleX (200,000 x, <10nm Resulution, EDX Elemental Analysis and SED as Options)

  • Excellent solution for reliable MATERIAL ANALYSIS, e.g. for AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
  • Technical purity check on micrometer scale thanks to EDX Analysis
  • Acceleration voltages:
    • Standard: 5 kV, 10 kV and 15 kV (expanded mode: adjustable range between 4,8 kV and 20,5 kV)
  • Vacuum levels
    • Low
    • Medium
    • High
  • Detectors:
    • Backscattered-Electron-Detector (standard)
    • Detector for energydispersive X-Ray spectroscopy (EDS) (standard)
    • Secondary electron detector (Everhart-Thornley-Detector, optional)
  • Sample size:
    • max. 100 mm x 100 mm (up to 36 x 12 mm stubs)
    • max. 40 mm (h)
  • Exemplary transfer time
    • Light-optical <5 s
    • SEM <60 s

Axia ChemiSEM (1,000,000x Polaroid Resolution, up to 3 nm Resolution, ideal for EDX Analysis)

  • Semi-Floor-Model
  • Maintenance-friendly (the source can be easily exchanged by the user)
  • Motorized, retractable backscattered detector
  • TrueSight EDS-Detector
  • Nav-Cam Camera – optical color camera for sample navigation
  • Manual user interface
  • IR-Chamber-Camera
  • Maps Software for Tiling and Stitching the images
  • Electron beam resolution:
    • 3,0 nm at 30 kV (SE)
    • 3,0 nm at 30 kV (SE) (low vacuum)
    • 8,0 nm at 3 kV (SE)
    • 7,0 nm at 3 kV (BD-Modus* + BSE)
  • Chamber:
    • inner width: 280 mm
  • Contacts: an Axia ChemiSEM scanning electron microscope with BSED and EDS offers 5 available ports
  • Stage:
    • xy: 120 x 120 mm
    • Tilt: -15 bis +90 Grad
    • Rotation: n x 360°
    • With removed ZTR-Axis:
      • Max. Sample height: 128 mm
      • Max. Sample weight: 10 kg
  • Typical options
    • Beam Deceleration Mode
    • CleanHeater for Stage (up to 1.100 °C)
    • Cathode Luminescence Detector
    • AutoScript 4 Software – Python-based application programming interface
    • Thermo Scientific TopoMaps Software for image coloring, image analysis and 3D surface reconstruction

Applications

  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • powder
  • Particle size measurement
  • Nanoparticles
  • Metallurgical Analysis
  • Process control
  • Quality control
  • Research laboratories
  • Fibermetric for the analysis of textile fibers
  • Asbestos analysis according to VDI 3492 (with AsbestosScan software)
  • Technical purity according to VDA19 / ISO16232
  • Additive manufacturing (quality control)
  • Table SEM, table electron microscope, tabletop SEM
  • EDX, EDS

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