For large fields of view
The Gatan ChromaCL2 iBSED detector is a live, colour cathodoluminescence imaging system for your SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopes). The system is particularly useful in petrographic and earth sciences, because colour CL imaging reveals geochemical processes.
For large fields of view
Live colour cathodoluminescence imaging is used in mineral analysis labs all over the world. Interpret geochemistry changes in all fields, from oil and gas exploration to geochronology and mineral growth studies.
Color CL images reveal phase and trace element distribution changes in minerals. This makes it easier to visualise texture, including:
Choose options to tailor the ChromaCL2 to suit your laboratory:
This option enables you to detect UV (ultraviolet) wavelengths as well as the visible spectrum. This expands the range of minerals you can analyse to include quartz, zircon, diamond and other minerals that give CL emission outside the visible spectrum. Ultraviolet wavelengths will be displayed in false color.
Detection of secondary and back scattered electrons, and cathodoluminescence simultaneously.
Carbonate-based minerals can often appear streaky in scanned CL images due to phosphorescence. This option expands the range of minerals you can analyse. This can reveal hidden textures that would otherwise be obscured by streaking.
Survey large areas of a specimen with automatic montages. Gatan’s DigitalMicrograph software controls the SEM stage and electron beam to acquire a series of images that are stitched together to give you a larger field of view.
We offer a range of instruments for elemental and mineral analysis, mapping and imaging in geology and geoscience.
Cathodoluminescence (CL) is a technique for characterising composition, optical and electronic properties with data that correlates with morphology, micro-structure, composition and chemistry at the nanoscale.
