CanadaBuys #RFP 500007906

NRCan seeks one EBSD detector compatible with its TESCAN Mira3 XMH microscope and X-Max 80 EDS detector

Natural Resources Canada is seeking an EBSD detector for its existing electron microscopy laboratory. - Buyer: Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Government of Canada. - Requested item: One Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) detector; no part number or detector manufacturer is specified. - Compatibility: Must install on a TESCAN Mira3 XMH scanning electron microscope and work with the existing X-Max 80 EDS detector, identified with Oxford Instruments, to enable simultaneous EDS/EBSD mapping. - Technical requirements: CMOS sensor, phosphor screen and fibre-optic coupling; patterns up to 1244 × 1024 pixels and acquisition up to 5,700 patterns per second at 156 × 128 resolution; operation at beam currents as low as 400 pA and accelerating voltages as low as 5 kV; angular resolution up to 0.05 degrees. - Included capabilities: Motorized screen elevation and insertion/retraction, a five-diode forescatter detector array, and a Windows workstation with data acquisition and processing software. - Named manufacturers: TESCAN (Mira3 XMH microscope) and Oxford Instruments (X-Max 80 EDS detector).

Description

The Department of Natural Resources is seeking one Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Detector. The detector must meet the listed mandatory technical requirements, including compatibility with a TESCAN Mira3 XMH scanning electron microscope and the laboratory’s X-Max 80 EDS detector. The request is reserved exclusively for suppliers pre-qualified under Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI for laboratory and scientific equipment. The contract duration is four months.

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