Gatan launches the EDAX Elite T Ultra EDS system

(October 29, 2024) – Gatan, Inc., a business of AMETEK Inc. as well as a global leader focused on enhancing and extending the operation and productivity of electron microscopes, has launched the EDAX Elite T Ultra energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) system for (scanning) transmission electron microscopy (STEM).

The Elite T Ultra is ideal for compositional analysis and in-situ electron microscopy in the STEM. Previously, rapid elemental mapping was challenging due to the low signal levels generated from thin samples in the STEM. However, utilizing a proprietary windowless 160 mm² x-ray sensor, the Elite T Ultra now delivers outstanding detection efficiencies to address a broader range of elements and accelerate compositional mapping during material characterization studies.

"The Elite T Ultra offers exceptional data collection rates and sensitivity to light and heavy elements," said Dr. David Stowe, Senior Product Manager, Gatan. "Using a sensor 80% larger than conventional large-area detectors while maintaining a compact sensor design with an unobstructed high solid collection angle (up to 2.3 steradian), the Elite T Ultra detector can be inserted close to the sample, maximizing the collection of x-rays emitted by your sample."

"Utilizing eaSI™ technology, the Elite T Ultra system can record synchronized STEM signals including EDS, electron energy loss spectroscopy, or EELS, 4D STEM, and cathodoluminescence from multiple detectors simultaneously," commented Narayan Vishwanathan, Vice President and Business Unit Manager of AMETEK Electron Microscopy Technologies. "It links multi-dimensional datasets seamlessly to give users a complete view of their specimen in conventional and in-situ analyses."

For more information, please visit Gatan.com/EliteT.

About Gatan

Gatan is the world's leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software used to enhance and extend the operation and performance of electron microscopes. Gatan's products, which are fully compatible with all brands of electron microscopes, cover the entire range of the analytical process from specimen preparation and manipulation to imaging and analysis. Its customer base spans the complete spectrum of end-users of analytical instrumentation typically found in industrial, governmental, and academic laboratories.

These scientists and researchers address applications in new materials research, semiconductors, electronics, geosciences, biological science, and biotechnology. The Gatan brand name is recognized and respected throughout the worldwide scientific community and has been synonymous with high-quality products and the industry's leading technology. Gatan is a business of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions, serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.

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