The scanning electron microscope (SEM) uses a focused beam of high-energy electrons to generate a variety of signals at the surface of solid specimens. The signals that derive from electron-sample interactions reveal information about the sample including external morphology (texture), chemical composition, crystalline structure and orientation of materials making up the sample.
 
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In today’s episode, Dr. Neal Magdefrau, owner of Electron Microscopy Innovative Technologies LLC (Emit, LLC), shares his knowledge about how Emit specializes in renting portable scanning electron microscopes.
 
In this conversation, we discuss:
 
?️ Why Neal chose MSE, and what he was able to use from his MSE background when starting your business.
?️ His high level overview of how an SEM works, and what kind of length scales he can see in an SEM image.
?️Explain how EDS works, and how it is different from the mechanism the SEM uses to collect an image
?️How did he come to the realization that there is a market for renting SEMs and contracting EDS work
?️How does SEM help additive manufacturers compare their products to traditionally manufactured parts.
?️What ways could incorporating machine learning and AI into SEMs improve their operation and analysis capabilities
?️Explains why data management is an inherent challenge for current SEMs,  and how could these new machines could overcome this obstacle.
?️ Advice for MSEs who would like to pursue a career in this industry.



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