Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Inc. - Optical Microscopy

<body> <table width="756" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td><img src="images/logo.gif">                  <a href="rml-iso.html"><img SRC="images/RML-QMI-v-small.jpg" border=0></a></td> <th align="right"><font face="arial,helvetica" size="+1"><b>Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Inc. <br> Call For Quote or More Information:<br> 800-PRO-LABS   (800-776-5227)    </b></font></th> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ea6b48"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" height="1"></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ea6b48"><td colspan="2" height="2"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="1" width=116 align="left" valign="top"> <blockquote> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-1"><b>Techniques</b></font> <ul> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_aes.html">Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_eds.html">Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_ftir.html">Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_opt.html">Optical Microscopy</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_raman.html">Raman Spectroscopy (Raman)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_rga.html">Residual Gas Analysis (RGA)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_sem.html">Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_sims.html">Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_spm.html">Scanning Probe Microscopy/Atomic Force Microscopy (SPM/AFM)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="tech_xps.html">X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy/Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (XPS/ESCA)</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="techniques.html">Detailed Descriptions</a></font></li> <li><font face="arial,helvetica"><a href="http://www.rockymountainlabs.com" target="_top">Home</a></font></li> </ul> </blockquote> </td> <td colspan=1 width=640> <center><font face="arial,helvetica" size="+2"><b>Optical Microscopy</b></font></center><p> <font face="arial,helvetica">Optical microscopy from 1X to 1000X is achieved with a variety of microscopes. Images can be formed in bright field, dark field, and differential interference contrast (DIC or ‘Nomarski’) modes. Optical microscopy is often used before any other techniques to document samples. Color and morphology are important clues in materials identification.</font><p> <img src="images/examples/opt/opt2.jpg" align="left">  <p> <p> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="+2">Dendrites shorting <br>solder balls.</font> <p> <p> <p> <p> <img src="images/examples/opt/opt3.jpg" align="right">  <p> <p><br> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="+2">        Corrosion of <br>        coating.</font> <p> <p> <p> <p> <img src="images/examples/opt/opt4.jpg" align="left">  <p> <p> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="+2">Movies can be made of component operation.</font> <p> <p> <p> <p><br> <center><font face="arial,helvetica" size="+3"><a href="submit_sample.html">How do I submit a job to RML?</a></font><p></center> </td></tr> </table> </body>