SPI Stretched Specimen Mount

Use for the mounting and examination of samples while still elongated

Introduction:
Many researchers and engineers have the desire to examine materials under stress (and elongation) but lack the funding to purchase an actual tensile stage for their SEM. Furthermore, since so many would-be samples are not conductive, one can not metalize and stretch without seeing indeterminable artifact effects as the metal coating breaks up and disintegrates.

The solution:
SPI Supplies developed its stretched specimen mount in order to capture the detail in a sample while it is under stress and has undergone some elongation. Such samples could be polymer films, fabrics, papers, monofilaments both polymeric and metallic, just to name some examples.

The sample of interest is stretched (such as in an Instron testing system), and while under stress and elongation, the jaws of the stretched specimen mount are screwed down holding in place the stretched sample. Once the area to be examinated is thus isolated and fixed in the mount, with a razor blade (or other appropriate instrument), it is "cut out" of the larger sample, metallized and examined by SEM.

Metal of contruction:
Aluminum (T-2024 alloy)

Dimensions:
25.4 mm Diameter x 19 mm high (without the jaws)

	SPI #	Each		In Stock
Stretched specimen mount	01551-AB	$25.00		Yes

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