Published December 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Airtight container for the transfer of atmosphere-sensitive materials into vacuum-operated characterization instruments

  • 1. CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700 (United States)
  • 2. Cell Sciences Imaging Facility, Beckman Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)

Description

This paper describes the design and operation of a simple airtight container devised to facilitate the transfer of atmosphere-sensitive samples from a glovebox to the vacuum chamber of an analytical instrument such as a scanning electron microscope. The use of this device for characterizing the microstructure of highly hygroscopic strontium iodide ceramics by scanning electron microscopy is illustrated as an application example.

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Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 123705-123705.4
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics