Facilities
Experimental:
- transmission electron microscope CM12 TEM/STEM Philips with ultrathin window EDAX Phoenix
- scanning electron microscope JEOL 6460 with INCA Energy, Wave and Crystal
- scanning electron microscope SEM 505 Philips with EDAX 9900 analyser for EDX-microanalysis and Microspec WDX-2A for wave dispersive X-ray microanalysis
- specimen preparation equipment: Low-speed diamond saw, Spark errosion saw, Sputter coater, Ultrasonic disc cutter, Dimple grinder, Electropolishing system (Tenupol 3), Precision Ion Polishing System (Gatan PIPS)
- light metallography microscope, equipment for microhardness measurements
- spill furnace ERSCEM 8920 for sample preparation
- laboratory furnaces for long-term annealing
- equipment for high-temperature nitridizing of samples
Computational:
- software for thermodynamic modelling of multicomponent system and their assessment ThermoCalc and Dictra, SSOL database, Steel 16 database
- crystallography, electron diffraction and image analysis software, electron diffraction database
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