SPI Conductive Double Sided Adhesive Sheets

Available in carbon and silver for the most demanding of SEM/EDS samples! And for some, even surface analysis, such as XPS.

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Easy to use - Highly Conductive!

These double sided adhesive, electrically conductive sheets were specially developed for attaching samples to be examined by SEM and/or EDS. Use silver, for its higher conductivity, for straight SEM work. Use carbon for EDS work where it is important to eliminate the x-rays from the substrate.

SPI Supplies Double Sided Conductive Carbon Sheets, as well as being conductive and adhesive have almost no discernible structure and provide the ideal background against which to view the entire specimen. It also greatly reduces the background x-ray count, giving greater accuracy and lower detection limits for your EDS work. Whether you are imaging or analyzing your specimen, the effect is just like dark field microscopy.

Both the silver and carbon adhesives have these advantages:

Enable the mounting of samples without contamination from either silver paint or carbon paint.

Enable the mounting of highly porous or other absorbent samples without distortion caused by liquid being pulled into the sample.

Provide good conductivity.

These conductive adhesives are both available in sheet form (Ag and C) and roll form (C only). Additionally, the sheets are available as "large sheets" for applications outside the general SEM area.

UHV "compatible" to the extent that samples can be mounted for examination by Field Emission SEM, FE-SEM, and eve XPS.

We are sometimes asked about the temperature range of use. We would be reluctant to recommend use above 130° C (266° F) outside the SEM or use within the SEM over 100°C. After heating, the adhesive will have lost its "tac" for holding something new but anything already being held should retain at last some of its original adhesive strength. Above 140° C, the adhesive will start to decompose and convert to a carbonized residue.

For use at low temperatures, the adhesive bond should maintain its basic properties at least to -20° C(-4° F) and depending on the stress being put on the bond, it would be much lower in temperature as well.

And a large number of users report that they use the carbon sheets in particular, for the mounting of samples for surface analysis.

A few words about purities and out-gassing:
These are the two most important questions in the back of the mind of anyone contemplating the use of the SPI double-sided conductive adhesive carbon or silver sheets. Over the years, we have, without fan-fare, continually improved the disc, sheet and tape products, so that today, we can safely say that we are not aware of anyone who has been able to detect, by EDS, anything coming from the (carbon) adhesive material itself. We are aware that at times, it has been reported that low levels of Si (coming from a release agent) can be detected by XPS. The discs are considered "UHV compatible" and there are no solvents or other volatiles that would come off the high vacuum of one of today's modern systems. Of course, one would expect to see a high Ag peak from the silver sheets, so we would not advise the use of silver when doing EDS or other types of chemical analysis.

Suggested storage conditions:
For short term storage, that is, less than a year or so, room temperature storage is just fine. But if you have stockpiled a quantity, or have purchased a large amount to take advantage of quantity pricing, we would suggest storing the excess under refrigeration. These are organic materials and at room temperature can, under certain circumstances, start to lose some of their "tac".

Removal of adhesive from SEM mount:
A number of solvents commonly found in the laboratory, such as ethyl alcohol or isopropanol will dissolve both the carbon and silver adhesive products, for easy removal, and recycling of the SEM mounts.

Carbon Conductive Double Sided Adhesive Sheets
Resistivity: < 5 ohms/5 mm²

Surface moderately smooth and for UHV work, these sheets are considered UHV "compatible" because there is virtually no deflection of the vacuum reading when a control sample is inserted into the system.

"Small size" sheets
50 mm x 120 mm, 0.16mm thick adhesive layer, 10 sheets per pkg.

SPI #	Each pkg		10+ pkg		In Stock
05071-AB	$ 89.61		$ 80.65		Yes

"Large size" sheets
500 mm x 500 mm, 0.16 mm thick adhesive layer, 1 sheet per pkg.

SPI #	Each pkg		10+ pkg		In Stock
05080A-AB	$ 105.61		$ 95.05		Yes

Silver Conductive Double Sided Adhesive Sheets

Easy separating release papers make for convenient use with SEM mounts. There is a nonwoven core of 40 ľm and on either side, adhesive layers of 45 ľm each for a total thickness of 135 ľm or 0.13 mm. The release papers would add additional thickness to the actual product that is received by the customer.

Resistivity: < 0.1 ohms/ 5 mm²

Packaging:
5cm x 12cm, 0.13mm thick adhesive layer, 5 sheets per package

SPI #	Each pkg		10+ pkg		In Stock
05070-AB	$ 249.84		$ 224.86		Yes

Storage conditions:
Short Term: Room temperature
Long Term: Refrigerated

Non-hazardous from stand point of shipping

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