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HILLSBORO, Oregon, Nov. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN --

-- New all-in-one SEM-EDS platform provides high-quality quantitative elemental

data twice as fast as competing solutions

Thermo Fisher Scientific today unveiled the Thermo Scientific Axia ChemiSEM, a

cost-effective, floor-model scanning electron microscope (SEM) that takes

materials micro-structural analysis and defect discovery to a new level of

speed and simplicity.

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Axia ChemiSEM includes always-on energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis

with Thermo Fisher's breakthrough ChemiSEM technology, providing academic and

industrial users with near instant access to quantitative compositional

imaging. The result of this instant access: Axia ChemiSEM provides actionable

data up to twice as fast as other competing SEM-EDS solutions currently on the

market. Next-generation auto-alignment and auto-focus technology greatly lower

the need for training, while the instrument's unique chamber and stage design

makes it easy to investigate samples of all shapes and sizes, including heavy

samples up to ten kilograms.

Unlike traditional SEMs, Axia ChemiSEM offers:

    -- Fully integrated ChemiSEM Technology (

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       offering instant quantitative elemental information with the click of

       a button and without needing additional set-up or switching between

       user interfaces;

    -- A large, flexible chamber that can accommodate samples traditionally

       considered too heavy for investigations involving electron

       microscopy; and

    -- A new, advanced column automation that is always ready to image,

       enabling users to focus on data collection rather than instrument

       management.

"The Axia ChemiSEM is a single platform that has always-on EDS data. It will

expand materials analysis access by extending micro-imaging and micro-analysis

to a broad range of non-technical users," said Rosy Lee, vice president of

materials science at Thermo Fisher. "This new microscope is ideal for both

high-volume industrial labs that want to increase sample throughput while

reducing costs and academic institutions that want affordable, reliable, and

fast SEM-EDS analysis with less training."

For companies or academic institutions that want to add SEM-EDS analysis to

their workflow but are worried about complexity and approachability of SEM

technology, Axia ChemiSEM is easy to deploy, use and train on, and provides

rapid microstructural and elemental information. Axia ChemiSEM provides faster

access to the compositional data necessary for accurate failure analysis and

defect discovery by collecting chemical information in the background, before

users need it. These improvements can help lower the cost-per-sample and

generate long-term savings.

The new user experience and advanced technology provides live, integrated EDS

data and minimizes the time spent managing the tool. With unique auto-alignment

and auto-focus technology, users can focus on data collection, rather than

instrument operation. It also offers easy sample navigation and handling of

heavy samples due to a uniquely flexible chamber and state design, intuitive

software, and imaging automation workflows.

To learn more about Axia ChemiSEM, please visit: thermofisher.com/Axia-ChemiSEM

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About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with

annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to

make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are

accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges,

improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their

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colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies,

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Media Contact Information:

Kathy Gill

Thermo Fisher Scientific

+1 971-294-9262

kathy.gill@thermofisher.com

SOURCE Thermo Fisher Scientific