Standard Operating Procedure for the JEOL JSM-840A SEM

The Center for Materials Research and Analysis
Central Facility for Electron Microscopy
12C Walter Scott Engineering Center
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

This work is intended a guide to the operation of the JSM-840A SEM by the average user. It details sample loading, bringing the microscope up to operating conditions, normal operation procedures, sample removal, returning the microscope to a powered down state and all relevant safety procedures.

A more detailed and thorough account of these procedures as well as a more advanced ones can be found in the JEOL Operating Manual provided by JEOL. This work is under constant revision and all users are encouraged to contribute any material for review by facility staff.

• Jump to the Emergency Operating Procedure
• Jump to the Qualification Procedure
• Jump to Logging-In
• Jump to Loading a Sample in a holder
• Jump to Inserting a Sample into the Microscope
• Jump to Bringing the Microscope to Operating Conditions
• Jump to Aligning the Microscope
• Jump to Removing the Sample
• Jump to the Shutdown Procedure