Accession No
6741
Brief Description
vacuum coating unit model 6E4, believed to have been used to coat specimens at Blackburn Paper Mill for analysis using a Stereoscan 600 scanning electron microscope, by Edwards High Vacuum, English, 1970s
Origin
England
Maker
Edwards High Vacuum
Class
microscopes; laboratory apparatus
Earliest Date
1970
Latest Date
1979
Inscription Date
Material
metal (aluminium alloy, stainless steel, wire, others); plastic (Bakelite, others)
Dimensions
480mm width, 570mm depth, 790 height
Special Collection
Provenance
Donated by Sappi (UK) Ltd., Blackburn Paper Mill, in 2008.
Inscription
Edwards
Description Notes
Vacuum coating unit model 6E4, believed to have been used to coat specimens at Blackburn Paper Mill for analysis using a Stereoscan 600 scanning electron microscope, by Edwards High Vacuum, English, 1970s.
Grey rectangular instrument with controls and instructions on the front, a vacuum chamber on the top, and an exhaust tube encased in blue plastic protruding from the left side.
Complete.
References
Events
Description
Vacuum coating units deposit an ultrathin film on surfaces, with a variety of applications. Model 6E4 is a compact, bench-top model for work in the microscopy fields. Specimens for analysis under a scanning electron microscope have to be electrically conductive, so non-conductive specimens are usually coated with gold or another conductive material. This unit is believed to have been used to coat organic specimens at Blackburn Paper Mill for analysis using a Stereoscan 600 scanning electron microscope.
20/01/2022
Created by: Morgan Bell on 20/01/2022
FM:47517
Images (Click to view full size):
