Most common rock-forming elements have electronic structures which mitigate against causing colors. Three prime examples of this mechanism are rubies, emeralds, and alexandrites, but there are many others. This workshop is intended to provide a basic outline of the principles and applications of electron backscatter diffraction to material science. This data can be combined with chemical information to provide accurate phase identification from sub-micron sized particles, or may be used on its own to provide a material texture analysis. The lectures will cover the basic techniques as well as applications to specific materials science problems.
Enrollment is limited, so act early.
Location Map for the Earle Brown Center on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. Medtronic Inc. has a new world headquarters and corporate research facility. The research labs include metallurgical, wet chemical and microscopy. Our tour of the facilities will be followed by dinner and a talk on Raman microscopy and chemical imaging. Again this year the Minnesota Microscopy Society will be putting on a full day of talks for our Spring Symposium.