The Zeiss Axio Imager Z2 Vario is a high performance, multi-function optical microscope. The precise motorized microscope stage is equipped to analyze very large samples up to approximately 40cm X 40cm X 12cm (L W H). There are three sample illumination modes (including dark field and PLM), six objective lenses, and a color camera with resolution that reaches the limit of optical microscopy.
Specifications:
- Imaging (Illumination) Modes:
- Bright Field
- Dark Field
- Polarized Light (PLM)
- Hardware / Software:
- Laser autofocus
- Zeiss Axiocam 820 high resolution color camera
- Motorized X, Y, Z stage
- Zeiss Zen Core
- 5X, 5X, 10X, 20X, 50X, and 100X objective lens
- Tube multipliers lens up to 2.6X
- Techniques available:
- Image stitching (Tiling) for large view field
- Z stacking
- Extinction measurements
- Image correlation for overlaying multiple images (Raman, SEM, etc.)
- Example uses:
- Metallography corrosion studies
- Thin film uniformity
- Fracture surfaces
- Mineralogy birefringent studies
- Inclusion analysis in metals
- Grain imaging