Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis

Preface.- Scanning Electron Microscopy and Associated Techniques: Overview.- Electron Beam - Specimen Interactions: Interaction Volume.- Backscattered Electrons.- Secondary Electrons.- X-rays.- SEM Instrumentation.- Image Formation.- SEM Image Interpretation.- The Visibility of Features in SEM Images.- Image Defects.- High resolution imaging.- Low Beam Energy SEM.- Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopy (VPSEM).- ImageJ and Fiji.- SEM Imaging checklist.- SEM Case Studies.- Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry: Physical Principles and User-Selected Parameters.- DTSA-II EDS Software.- Qualitative Elemental Analysis by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry.- Quantitative Analysis: from k-ratio to Composition.- Quantitative analysis: the SEM/EDS elemental microanalysis k-ratio procedure for bulk specimens, step-by-step.- Trace Analysis by SEM/EDS.- Low Beam Energy X-ray Microanalysis.- Analysis of Specimens with Special Geometry: Irregular Bulk Objects and Particles.- Compositional Mapping.- Attempting Electron-Excited X-ray Microanalysis in the Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (VP-SEM).- Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis Checklist.- X-ray Microanalysis Case Studies.- Cathodoluminescence.- Characterizing crystalline materials in the SEM.- Focused Ion Beam Applications in the SEM laboratory.- Ion Beam Microscopy.- Appendix - A Database of Electron-Solid Interactions.- Index.