TEM - Eucentric Height

Eucentric height is the height of a sample in an electron microscope where tilting the sample around the stage axis doesn’t cause the image to move laterally.  But what does that actually mean and why is it important?

The video below provides an explanation of what eucentric height is, why it is important, and how to set up eucentric height in a TEM.  

Eucentric Height in TEM

The goal of this training content is to explain what eucentric height means, why it is important in a TEM, and how to recognize and set eucentric height.

Please send any questions/comments/concerns regarding the content on this page to snbienz@purdue.edu.