Frequently Asked Questions and Other Information JEOL 8900R Superprobe Directions to the Lab Directions Sample Preparation Size/shape limitations on samples  Coating Samples  Carbon Coating (Fullum)  Carbon Coating (Thermal Evaporator)  Hummer X Au-Pd Sputter Coater (Anatech)  Tips for Using the Probe and Other Useful Information Sample Maps of Permanently Mounted Standards  Metals Mount  Minerals Mount  REE/Glass/Sulfide Mount  Other Standard Maps  Astimex Standards  Geller Standards  Miscellaneous standard maps  Composition of Standards (Excel 2000 Format)  Maps of Sample Holders  A guide to Scanning Microscope Observation (PDF,html) Cross-section of probe column (from JEOL Apps Lab) Another Cross Section Movie of Spectrometer Motion (leaving this site)   Miscellaneous Information Probe Log Forms  Changing Samples  How do I get my digital images from the probe?  Link to select topics on the microprobe listserver Table of x-ray lines    X-Ray Lines and Spectrometer Positions for JEOL Microprobes Positions sorted by wavelength  Positions sorted by atomic number How to calculate wt% from a chemical formula.  Conversion factors for oxides to elements  What are my options for printing out images and x-ray maps?  Webmineral periodic table of mineral chemistry Conversion of images/maps to useable format. How do I schedule time on the probe?  How does the 8900R differ from the old 840?  Software of Interest Download GMR Film (leaving this site)  Download EXCEL spreadsheets to calculate mineral formulas Download MINFILE (leaving this site)  Download Scion Image (NIH Image for PCs)  Infomormation about ImageJ (Java-based NIH Image) Micron Bar Plug-in for Photoshop (WIN/Mac) Gimp: Image Manipulation Program Micrscopy Society of America Software Library

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