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Duration: 36 minutes
Streamlining steel microstructure analysis: SEM and EDS integration with the Axia ChemiSEM System
Accurately and efficiently characterizing steel microstructures is essential for alloy development, failure analysis, and quality control. However, traditional SEM-EDS workflows are often slow, manual, and fragmented, limiting throughput and reproducibility.
This webinar offers a detailed technical overview of the Thermo Scientific Axia ChemiSEM System, an integrated scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) platform that delivers real-time materials characterization through live quantitative elemental mapping and simultaneous secondary and backscattered electron imaging. These capabilities enable rapid differentiation of phases, inclusions, and compositional variations in complex steels—without interrupting acquisition.
We share a case study using Thermo Scientific Perception Steel Software that demonstrates how automated particle detection, feature classification, and statistical reporting further streamline analysis. Together, the Axia ChemiSEM System and Perception Steel Software support high-throughput, reproducible workflows critical for both metallurgical research and industrial QA and QC.
About the speaker(s)
Dr. Kate Vanderburgh, Senior SEM product specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kate is a senior SEM product specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Before joining Thermo Fisher in 2024, Kate managed the SEM, computerized tomography, and sample preparation tools at the Drexel University Materials Characterization Core. She has a BE in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a PhD in materials science from Vanderbilt University followed by a post-doctoral research appointment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In addition to her experience in electron microscopy, she has an extensive background in the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for battery applications.