Field Emission Electron Probe Microanalyzer (FE-EPMA) System

Background and Purpose McMaster University and the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM) have a requirement for one (1) field emission electron probe microanalyzer (FE-EPMA) system, funded in part through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund. The CCEM is a national facility for electron microscopy and is committed to providing its academic, government and industry user base with accessible, state-of-the-art microanalysis. High-precision quantitative measurement of composition and trace elements by wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS) at sub-micrometre spatial resolution has been identified as a gap in the capabilities currently available to CCEM users, particularly in research on critical minerals, semiconductors, energy materials and metallurgy. This requirement is to include: A field emission EPMA with multiple wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometers; Capability for integrated energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and cathodoluminescence (CL) configuration; Supporting hardware and analysis software; and Installation, training, warranty and service support. The system must be a field emission EPMA that combines high probe current and current stability with small probe size at low accelerating voltage, simultaneous WDS and EDS analysis, and CL spectroscopy integrated without the loss of a spectrometer port, with the ability to add soft X-ray emission spectroscopy for light-element (including lithium) and chemical-state analysis. This combination is required to meet the needs of CCEM’s researchers and users. The purpose of this Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to signal McMaster University’s intention to award a contract for the above-noted goods and/or services to the following pre-selected supplier: JEOL Canada Inc. 3275 1ère Rue, Suite 8 St-Hubert, QC J3Y 8Y6 Canada (Canadian sales agent: Soquelec Ltd., Montréal, QC) Website: www.jeol.com JEOL Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of the manufacturer JEOL Ltd.,