Bruker Optics Inc., Billerica, Mass., announces the Bruker SiBrickScan, said to be the first at-line FTIR instrument allowing for the quantification of interstitial oxygen in complete silicon bricks and ingots.
Brewer Science, Rolla, Mo., introduces the Cee X-Pro II workstation, a clean room environment in a stand-alone, completely customizable system that provides the user with complete control over the environmental conditions within the workstation.
The graph shows the effects of different cooling rates on the toughness properties (un-notched samples) of AISI 420 and nitrogen-alloyed M333 tool steels.