Gold grains from the panned concentrate samples were collected and detailed morphological features and the alloy composition was studied using SEM-EDS in the University of Peshawar and Electron
Microprobe at the University of Leeds, UK.
She brings extensive experience evaluating geological and building materials using polarized-light microscopy and other petrographic methods; scanning electron microscopy with x-ray spectroscopy; electron
microprobe analysis; x-ray fluorescence or diffraction; plus, physical and chemical testing methods.
Sarafian learned that WHOI geologist Nobu Shimizu had developed a technique to measure water trapped in glass pockets in basaltic seafloor rocks, using the Northeast National Ion
Microprobe Facility at WHOI.
Chemical analysis carried out by electron
microprobe (Jeol JXA 8200 at the Institute for Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany) yielded 73.47 wt.% Si[O.sub.2], 3.72 wt.% [Al.sub.2] [O.sub.3], 6.68 wt.% [Na.sub.2]O, 8.59 wt.% [K.sub.2]O, 3.40 wt.% FeO and 0.64 wt.% MnO.
Prior to that, he served as senior vice president & general manager of the company's
MicroProbe Product group.
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microprobe analysis of sample material taken at the time concluded that Dacite was not the source for the gold in this region.
It also served as a showcase for the best worldwide facilities, including the intense positron beam facility at Munich and the positron
microprobe at AIST, Japan.
The executives positioned the
MicroProbe Product Business Unit as the leading supplier in the high-growth SoC market of MEMS, vertical, and cantilever probe cards.
17 October 2012 - US semiconductor wafer probe cards maker FormFactor Inc (NASDAQ:FORM) said on Wednesday it had finalised a USD116.8m (EUR89.1m) cash-and-stock deal to take over
MicroProbe Inc, which provides wafer test solutions to semiconductor manufacturers, from Astria Semiconductor Holdings Inc.