Infrastructure:

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Infrastructure A huge step forward
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Objectives of the RESTCA project
purchase of the SEM-EDS system upgrade of
the existing diffractometer
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Purchase of the SEM-EDS system
Regarding the activities in the first year of the
project RESTCA-TERCE-NIPMSS we have started the
operation of collecting proposals for buying the
SEM-EDS system for the UB-FMG in the autumn 2008.

• direct contacts with all possible suppliers
• short presentations at the UB-FMG
• several personal contacts with sales managers
• direct visits with most SEM laboratories in
  Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš)
• - Project coordinator, WP leader and some GUF and
  GeoZS team members have made phone calls and
  e-mail contacts with some laboratories in the
  region (Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary,
  etc.)

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1. FEI Company
2. Carl Zeiss GmbH
3. SCAN

• The evaluation of all proposals revealed a
  purchasing of a JEOL SEM/EDX system to be
  supplied by JEOL regional representative SCAN
  from Slovenia. The main reasons are
• The SCAN offer included LaB6 filament and
  turbomolecular vacuum pump
• This proposal involved very significant
  supplementary parts as cathodoluminiscence
  detector and different sets of standards for
  sulphides, heavy metals and minerals.
• JSM 6610 has the possibility of further
  integration of new instruments, especially with
  new wavelength dispersive type detectors.

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A SEM-EDS system JSM-6610LV - a low/high vacuum
analytical scanning electron microscope (LaB6
filament and ion pump - 10-5 Pa, and a
turbomolecular pump). MINI CL
cathodoluminiscence detector 185nm
850nm. Oxford INCA Energy 350 a system for
energy dispersive microanalysis. STANDARDS a
set of sulphide/heavy metals and minerals
standard blocks. BALTEC-SCD-005 a sputter Au
and C coating device.
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• Selecting a laboratory room for adaptation
• A Laboratory room for the equipment installation
  was selected on the basis of several criteria
• required size of rooms to accommodate the
  installation and accompanying facilities,
  according the specifications given by the
  supplier
• b) the limit of the values for vibrations due to
  traffic and possibly to the activities in the
  adjacent laboratories
• c) the level of electromagnetic radiation

The room No 242 in the basement and the room No
728 on the fourth floor in the building of the
Departments of Mineralogy and Crystallography and
Petrology and Geochemistry building were tested.
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The appearance of laboratory room before
adaptation
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The separation of part of the room for the
preparation of samples
Setting of insulation and electrical installation

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The appearance of laboratory rooms after
adaptation
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Installation of JEOL Scanning Electron Microscope
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SEM-EDS laboratory today
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Renewal and upgrade of an X-ray
diffractometer The purchase of an X-ray
generator, a water cooling system and an X-ray
tube housing for an upgrade of the existing
diffractometer at the UB-FMG
The most suitable is the proposal given by Oxford
Diffraction Ltd
The equipment offered by Oxford Diffraction
Ltd. was possible to integrate in the existing
equipment delivery and installation high
quality services lowest price.
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The upgraded powder diffractometer
A water chiller unit for fine focus X-ray tube
cooling.
X-ray generator Spellman DF60N3 (3 kW).
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The renewed water and electrical connections for
the instrument.
Enhance X-ray tube (with Mo X-ray tube) shield
housing and shutter control box.
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Planetary Ball Mills PM 200
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The Restca project ends in May this year but we
will use this equipment for many years!!!