EM-Tec geological thin section and slide holders

The EM-Tec geological thin section or petrographic slide holders are especially designed to securely hold geological thin sections on petrographic slides for imaging and analysis with an SEM, EPMA or specially configured mineral analyzers. They are used for SEM/EDS imaging and analysis in geology, mineralogy and petrography. The EM-Tec thin section holders are compatible with petrographic slides sizes of 28x48mm, 27x46mm, 26x46mm and 25x45mm. We currently offer two types of geological thin section holders:

Geological thin section holders and slide holders with S-Clips

The universal EM-Tec thin section holders are compatible with petrographic slides measuring up to 28x48mm. This enables the use of the most popular petrographic slide sizes up to 28x48mm. They are intended for SEM/EDS work.

The geological slide holders with S-Clips comprise one or more pockets of 48x28x1mm with slots and grooves to facilitate loading/unloading of the thin sections on slides with tweezers. The petrographic slides are securely held at the edges by two small S-clips. Due to the open design at two sides, non-standard or larger glass microscope slides up to 50x75mm can be held as well. The three available EM-Tec geological thin section and slide holders are:

Reference type geological thin section holders with a top reference edge

In the reference type holder for the petrographic slides, the slides are pushed against a top reference edge to get a defined height. These holders are intended for SEM/EDS, SEM/WDS and even EPMA work. They are compatible with petrographic slides from 45x30mm to 48x28mm.
The petrographic slides need to be loaded from the side and are pushed against the reference edge with a spring; they are held by spring tension. The opening of the holder is 40mm wide. There are two types of Reference holders for geological thin sections on petrographic slides:

All EM-Tec petrographic slide section holders are available with a standard 3.2mm pin, with an M4 threaded hole or with a Ø14mm stub for JEOL SEM stage adapters with a 14mm connection.

EM-Tec G0 universal thin section and slide holder for up to 75x50mm slides, pin
Product # Unit
12-000260 each
EM-Tec G2 twin geological thin sections holder for 2 petrographic slides up to 28x48mm, pin
Product # Unit
12-002262 each
EM-Tec G4.0 geological thin section holder for 4 petrographic slides up to 28x48mm, pin
Product # Unit
12-002264 each
EM-Tec RG2 twin geological thin sections top reference holder for 2 petrographic slides up to 48x28mm, pin
Product # Unit
12-000263 each
EM-Tec RG4 quad geological thin sections top reference holder for 4 petrographic slides up to 48x28mm, pin
Product # Unit
12-000265 each
EM-Tec G0 universal thin section and slide holder for up to 75x50mm slides, M4
Product # Unit
12-000360 each
EM-Tec G2.0 geological thin section holder for 2 petrographic slides up to 28x48mm, M4
Product # Unit
12-003362 each
EM-Tec G4.0 geological thin section holder for 4 petrographic slides up to 28x48mm, M4
Product # Unit
12-003364 each
EM-Tec RG2 twin geological thin sections top reference holder for 2 petrographic slides up to 48x28mm, M4
Product # Unit
12-000363 each
EM-Tec RG4 quad geological thin sections top reference holder for 4 petrographic slides up to 48x28mm, M4
Product # Unit
12-000365 each
EM-Tec G0 universal thin section and slide holder for up to 75x50mm slides, Ø14mm JEOL stub
Product # Unit
12-000660 each
EM-Tec G2.0 geological thin sections holder for 2 petrographic slides up to 28x48mm, Ø14mm JEOL stub
Product # Unit
12-006262 each
EM-Tec G4.0 geological thin section holder for 4 petrographic slides up to 28x48mm, Ø14mm JEOL stub
Product # Unit
12-006264 each
EM-Tec RG2 twin geological thin sections top reference holder for 2 petrographic slides up to 48x28mm, Ø14mm JEOL stub
Product # Unit
12-000663 each
EM-Tec RG4 quad geological thin sections top reference holder for 4 petrographic slides up to 48x28mm, Ø14mm JEOL stub
Product # Unit
12-000665 each