Carbon Coating
- To get the best quantitative analysis results, we encourage users to carbon coat their samples using the Denton 502A carbon evaporator at our facility.
- Carbon coating times are currently 10 - 15 minutes. However, coating time can vary significantly and it is best to budget 30 - 40 minutes for each set of samples coated.
- Our carbon cater can accommodate 2 standard thin sections or 4 one inch round samples at a time.
- If you only have one or two samples, we can usually coat them the morning of your probe session without holding things up too much. However, you can coat your samples any time before your probe day that's convenient for you provided the carbon coater is not in use.
- Old carbon coats often produce bad analyses. If your sample was coated over a month previously it is probably best to remove the old carbon coat and recoat the sample.