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Equipment of the SEM-EDS lab at the UB-FMG:
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JEOL JSM-6610LV
Magnification:
X 5-300.000
Guns:
W filament, LaB
6
Vacuum system:
; Accelerating voltage 0.3-30 kV
Rotary pump + turbomolecular pump (included in basic instrument), Sputter Ion pump (for LaB
6
)
Rotary pump for LV (10-270 Pa)
Detectors:
SE detector (Everhart-Thornley detector)
BSE detector
EDS detector (X-Max Large Area Analytical Silicon Drift connected with
INCAEnergy 350 Microanalysis System); Z ≥ 6; d.l. 0.1 – 0.2 wt.%
CL detector
Sample chamber:
Specimen movement: 5-axes (X, Y, Z, T, R)
Maximal sample size: 20 cm (wide), 8 cm (thicknes), 1 kg (weight)
Two IR cameras
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Micro-analytical standards:
64 natural minerals and synthetic compounds
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Sputter coating device (LEICA SCD005) for Au and C.
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Other facilities (ultrasonic cleaner, stereomicroscope, etc.) www.rgf.bg.ac.rs/restca

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Events and activities in the lab:
June 23-27, 2009
Installation of JEOL JSM-6610LV SEM
August 17-20, 2009
Installation of EDS system and cathodoluminescence detector
September 18 th , 2009
The opening ceremony and promotion of the SEM-EDS laboratory
March, 2011
Presentation of the first applications and results
Installation and test
18 months working

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1. SEM-EDS analyses of solid pollutant materials

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SEM-EDS application: Environmental Protection
Dsp
Limonite
Al, Si, K: <7 wt.%
0.4 – 0.6 wt.% S
0.3 – 0.4 wt.% As
Py
Rt
Prl
Polished section of the mining waste material from the Lipa deposit

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SEM-EDS application: Environmental Protection
Modified mining waste material – gypsum

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SEM-EDS application: Environmental Protection
Slags containing remained compounds of lead and other toxic elements (polished sections)

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SEM-EDS application: Environmental Protection
The particles from the air collected by the filters

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SEM-EDS application: Environmental Protection
Crystals of gypsum and the carbon particle in the black crusts of the historic monument

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Geology
Material science and Technology
Metallurgy
Mechanical Engineering
Biology
Medicine
Food Science
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Archaeology
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University of Belgrade:
Faculty of Mining and Geology, Faculty of
Technology and Metallurgy, Faculty of Physical
Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of
Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture,
Faculty of Forestry.
Scientific Institutes:
IHTM, ITNMS, Vinča, Goša, GIS, IMSI, IMGGI
Museums
National Museum, Natural History Museum
Users from other places
Kosovska Mitrovica, Novi Sad, Kragujevac,
Bor, Podgorica, Split, Hannover, London

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Minerals
SEM-EDS application: Geology
Fossils

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology
Synthetic compounds

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology
X 100 000
~10 nm
X 100 000
44 nm
Nano-materials

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology
(Textile Engineering)
100% Cotton

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology
(Textile Engineering)
Oxidized and Ag-modified Cannabis

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology

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SEM-EDS application: Metallurgy
Alloys (polished sections)

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SEM-EDS application: Metallurgy
Alloys (polished sections)

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Weld (polished section after etching)

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology
Materials modified by lasers

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SEM-EDS application: Material Science and Technology
Laser cleaning of the archeological objects (ceramics and metals)

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SEM-EDS application: Mechanical Engineering

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SEM-EDS application: Biology
Bacteria Streptomycetes

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Leaf of the plant

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Biology www.rgf.bg.ac.rs/restca
Leaf of the plant

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SEM-EDS application: Pigments and Biology
Fungi’s spores on the painting

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Medicine www.rgf.bg.ac.rs/restca
Kidney Stones

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SEM-EDS application:
Medicine - Dentistry
N a
Sr
M g
Cl l
A
Polished section of the tooth from the image left

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SEM-EDS application: Food Science
Cell walls of the yeast

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SEM-EDS application: Food Science
Starch

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SEM-EDS application: Archeology
Ancient pearl

Calcite

Framboidal pyrite

Cathodoluminescence of zircon (polished section)

Modified natural zeolites

Modified mining waste material

Modified mining waste material

Alloys (polished section after etching)

Alloys (polished section)

Synthetic compounds: metal oxide

Synthetic compounds: metal oxide

Synthetic compounds: metal oxide

Surface of the electrode

Mosquito’s eye

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