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

作者：Gaume Romain M^*; Joubert Lydia Marie

来源：Review of Scientific Instruments, 2011, 82(12): 123705.

DOI：10.1063/1.3669784

• ceramics
• containers
• crystal microstructure
• scanning electron microscopy
• seals (stoppers)
• strontium compounds
• vacuum apparatus

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.

• 出版日期2011-12