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Identifying titanium hydride in a titanium alloy using EBSD and quantitative backscatter imaging
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Cipher System (EDS-BSE)
Model 475
The first and only system that quantitatively reveals the distribution of lithium in scanning electron microscopes.
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Cipher® – The first and only system that quantitatively reveals the distribution of lithium in scanning electron microscopes and dual beam instruments. Using the groundbreaking lithium by composition by difference method (Li-CDM), Cipher determines the lithium content in metallic alloys, compounds, and complex metal oxides down to single-digit weight percentages accelerating the development of renewable energy materials and aerospace alloys.
Reveals the previously unobservable distribution of lithium at the microscale in a wide variety of materials
Determines the charge state of oxide particles used as cathodes in lithium-ion batteries, such as lithium NMC and LFP
Delivers quantitative analysis of lithium with a greater than tenfold improvement in the minimum detection limit
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Quantified backscattered electron analysis in the SEM
July 1, 2024
Application Note
Revealing the lithium content in aerospace alloys
July 1, 2024
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Quantitative mapping of lithium in a scanning electron microscope
July 1, 2024
Application Note
Lithium quantification using the composition-by-difference method
July 1, 2024
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Secondary electron image and elemental metal fraction maps (by wt. %) of the same region of the MgLiAl alloy; white pixels are regions excluded from the analysis due to influence of topography.
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