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Nano Scratch Tester (NST)

Nano Scratch Tester Image The Nano-Scratch Tester is specially suited to characterize practical adhesion failure of thin films and coatings, with a typical thickness below 800 nm. The Nano Scratch Tester can be used in the analysis of organic and inorganic; soft and hard coatings. Examples are thin and multilayer PVD, CVD, PECVD, photoresist, paints lacquers, and many other types of films, covering optical, micro-electronic, protective, decorative and other applications. Substrates can be hard or soft, including metal alloys, semiconductors, glass, refractive and organic materials.

//// Features

> Diamond stylus scratch method
> Automated optical microscopic inspection
> Feedback controlled force actuator
> Scratch depth measurement
> Compatible to ASTM D7187

//// Options

> Wide range of indenter scratching stylus.
> Nano/Micro Hardness measurement modules
> Vacuum, humidity and temperature controlled
> AFM and Conscan 3D imaging

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