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QEMSCAN
QEMSCAN is the name for an integrated automated mineralogy and petrography system providing quantitative analysis of minerals, rocks and man-made materials. QEMSCAN is an abbreviation standing for quantitative evaluation of materials by scanning electron microscopy, and a registered trademark owned by FEI Company since 2009. Prior to 2009, QEMSCAN was developed, marketed and sold by Intellection Pty Ltd (a company owned by CSIRO) and also marketed and sold by LEO (Leica electron optics, a company jointly owned by Leica and Zeiss). The integrated system comprises a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with a large specimen chamber, up to four light-element energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) detectors, an electron backscatter detector, and proprietary software and hardware controlling automated data acquisition. The offline software package iDiscover provides data processing and reporting functionality.
Article summary
QEMSCAN is the name for an integrated automated mineralogy and petrography system providing quantitative analysis of minerals, rocks and man-made materials. QEMSCAN is an abbreviation standing for quantitative evaluation of materials by scanning electron microscopy, and a registered trademark owned by FEI Company since 2009. Prior to 2009, QEMSCAN was developed, marketed and sold by Intellection Pty Ltd (a company owned by CSIRO) and also marketed and sold by LEO (Leica electron optics, a company jointly owned by Leica and Zeiss). The integrated system comprises a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with a large specimen chamber, up to four light-element energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) detectors, an electron backscatter detector, and proprietary software and hardware controlling automated data acquisition. The offline software package iDiscover provides data processing and reporting functionality.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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