The micro-CT scanner is a medium energy (up to 160 keV) scanner. The X-ray tube is an open type Feinfocus tube, with a maximum power of 150 W. Typical scan time is 10 minutes up to 2 hours. High-resolution tomography of specimens up to a few cm in diameter. The system's magnification, which increases with the specimen's proximity to the X-ray source, combines with the fixed pixel size of the X-ray detector to determine the limits of spatial resolution. The highest spatial resolution is 2 µm.
The nano-CT scanner is a state-of-the-art tomographic scanner. The X-ray tube is a Feinfocus transmission tube, with a maximum voltage of 160 kV. The tube has three different modes: nano-, micro- and high-power mode. The best focal spot size is 900 nm, which allows to detect details of 300 nm inside small samples. The detectors have up to 14 million pixels. The highest possible image resolution is equal to the size of the X-ray spot (900 nm at 40 kV).
A variety of detectors is available at our facility. We thrive to select the right detector for each application. The following detectors can be used at the moment:
A new micro-CT scanner in under development. The "E" in EMCT stands for Environmental because in the new scanner the samples will be positioned in a Controlled environment. This EMCT scanner will use a Hamamatsu X-ray tube with 5µm spot size and 130 kV. The detectors for the system are the Radeye EV and the Radeye HR from Rad-icon.
