
ZEISS
5 Commissioning and First Operating Steps | 5.4 Acquiring an Image
NOTICE
Contamination caused by fingerprints
Contamination caused by fingerprints can lead to vacuum deterioration or prolonged pumping
times.
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Always wear lint-free gloves when touching the specimen, specimen holder, or stage.
Procedure
1. To attach a specimen to the stub, use conduc-
tive carbon, adhesive metal tape, carbon tape,
or similar.
Ensure that the specimen area that you want to
analyze is in proper contact with the stub.
2. To insert the stub into the specimen holder, use
tweezers.
3. To fix the stub to the specimen holder, tighten
the location screw with the hex key.
4. Note down which fix position is occupied by the specimen.
5.4.2 Loading the Specimen Chamber
Info
If your microscope is equipped with the optional airlock, use the airlock for loading the speci-
men chamber. For more information refer to the respective instruction manual.
The procedure consists of the following steps:
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Displaying the SEM Control Panel [
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Driving the Stage to a Low Position [
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Venting the Specimen Chamber [
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Mounting the Specimen Holder [
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Evacuating the Specimen Chamber [
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