Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the course!

    2. Why attend this course

    3. EDS essentials

    1. Basics of EDS

    2. Preparation and setup

    3. Insert the EDS detector

    4. Motorized slide control

    5. Project tree

    6. Overview of APEX EDS software

    1. Basic collection

    2. Define where to capture spectra

    3. Identify elements present in an unknown sample

    4. Display and save spectra

    1. How x-rays are collected and analyzed to form an EDS spectrum

    2. Input/output counts and the role of the SEM and EDS settings

    3. Optimize the analytical working distance to maximize productivity

    4. Adjust default parameters for spectrum collection

    5. Set up more than one spectrum collection

    6. Optimize the navigation image

    7. Drift correction

    1. X-ray spectrum basics to generate elemental maps and perform quantitative analysis

    2. EDS mapping

    3. Collect elemental maps in real time

    4. Optimize collection parameters for EDS maps

    5. Rebuild as NET count or weight and atomic percent maps

    6. Generate phase maps

    7. Montage large area mapping

    1. Capture an EDS line scan

    2. Optimize an EDS line scan

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  • 39 lessons
  • 4 hours of video content

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