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Details of rust and paint on metal.

Advance your high-tech coatings with advanced X-ray vision

ANSTO can give you insights into your coating at microscopic resolution over macroscopic areas

 Pieces of ferrotitanium closeup. Ferroalloy used for alloying, deoxidation and degassing of steels and alloys

What we offer

If understanding the interface of your coating process is critical, synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) can help with world-class service and complete confidentiality.

XFM can image the oxidation state distribution (eg corrosion at a surfaceor interface)

XFM can show how and where the chemical elements in a coatingare ending up - with straightforward sample preparation

XFM can find the "needle in a haystack" - a concentrated speck of element that could be a contaminant or an alloying element that should be evenly distributed, rapidly and efficiently