For situations where a chemical compound can exist in more than one crystalline form such as the common cases with geological phases like CaCO3 (calcite, aragonite and vaterite forms) and TiO2 (anatase and rutile forms), elemental information alone cannot determine the structural form. There are certainly cases when you might want the higher bandgap [...]

Microscopy The need to examine a material or surface for features, particle size and shape, bumps, cracks or damage, or deeper information such as surface topography or roughness, grain size, or inhomogeneous phases is a common event in fields like materials science, geology, metallurgy, biology, forensics, and many other technical fields. For many [...]

Process or equipment downtime for corrosion or unknown material in the system is a big cause for concern, but it is often vital in these cases to identify the root causes and correct it before the problem expands in scope. So, if you notice a deposit or scale forming in your process lines or [...]