Microscopy and Imaging Services

Professional High Magnification Imaging and Surface Analysis Solutions

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FAI Materials Testing Laboratory's Microscopy & Imaging Lab provides a wide range of microstructure and surface analysis solutions. Our imaging technicians offer advanced microscopic imaging techniques for visualizing and measuring microscopic features to nano-scale dimensions. Expertise includes the microscopic analysis of many sample types including metallurgical samples, geological and mineral cores and samples, electronic materials, ceramics, slides and a range of particles and contaminants on various surfaces and filters. Each of our microscopes has a camera attachment that allows us to take high resolution photographs at any magnification.

Clients utilize our imaging services for:

• Advertising and Marketing

• Microstructure Validation and Evaluation

Dimensional Analysis

Film and Coating Thickness

Failure Analysis

Contact us to find out more about our imaging services.

FAI offers the following microscopy solutions:

Optical Microscopy

• up to 160x

Metallographic Optical Microscopy

• up to 5,000x

• Equipped with an ultra-bright Xenon lamp

Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

• 10x to 20,000x

• Equipped with an EDS instrument for elemental analysis and mapping

Infrared Microscopy (FT-IR)

• Mid-Infrared