Electron probe microanalysis of materials today - practical aspects

Gepubliceerd op 26-01-2010
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9th EMAS regional workshop i.s.m. ICN

The EMAS Regional Workshops are biennial events designed to provide postgraduate-level and research workers in materials science and material engineering with basic knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of electron probe X-ray microanalysis. Including a session onmicrobeam analysis in cultural heritage.

The workshops are arranged as low-budget meetings with lectures on practical and theoretical aspects of EPMA given by internationally recognised experts. The format and content of the meetings are tailored to the needs of the practical microanalyst routinely dealing with problems of specimen preparation, instrumental procedures, data collection and quantification, as well as those of research workers keen to obtain a deeper understanding of the physics underlying X-ray production, measurement and analysis.

The core topics of the 9th EMAS Regional Workshop are:
• Electron beam - specimen interactions
• X-ray spectroscopy
• Quantitative electron probe microanalysis
• Light element analysis
• Basic Monte Carlo simulation
• Electron backscatter diffraction
• Sample preparation

Since the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) has an ongoing interest in cultural heritage related microbeam analysis, the Workshop will include two technical sessions dedicated to this subject.

Topics covered in these sessions dealing with cultural heritage microanalysis will include:
• Non-invasive analysis of cultural heritage objects
• Multispectral imaging and IR reflectography of paintings
• Scanning µ-X-ray fluorescence
• Variable pressure scanning electron microscopy
• Identification of pigments and dyestuffs by µ-Raman
• Integrated X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence
• Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

The programme will consist of invited lectures delivered by renowned experts, and three poster sessions. Three round-table discussions will also be held during the workshop. The invited lectures and poster abstracts will be published in the Workshop Book of Tutorials and Abstracts. Selected papers of accepted poster contributions will be published in the journal Microscopy & Microanalysis, subject to the standard peer review procedure. The official language of the workshop will be English.

Information and registration:
The 9th EMAS workshop is organized by EMAS. Please see the enclosed pdf files for the preliminary programme and registration.
More information www.emas-web.net or the Workshop Secretariat luc.vantdack@ua.ac.be

EMAS Workshop information

EMAS registration form