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Symmetry S2 is the only genuine all-in-one EBSD detector on the market, and is based on the revolutionary Symmetry detector, the world’s first EBSD detector to utilise advanced CMOS technology. Exceptional performance for all EBSD applications is combined with ease of use and a range of innovative design features. Highlights include:
Guaranteed indexing speeds in excess of 4500 pps
1244 x 1024 pixel resolution – ideal for high angular resolution (HR) EBSD
Unique fibre-optic coupling with sub-pixel distortion
Extreme sensitivity, benefiting all types of analysis
Software controlled detector tilting
Symmetry S2 uses a customised CMOS sensor and fibre optics to unlock a unique and powerful combination of speed, sensitivity, and diffraction pattern detail. Symmetry S2, in combination with the AZtec software, delivers exceptional performance on all materials and for all measurements. The highest analysis speed of Symmetry S2, in excess of 4500 pps, enables texture and grain size characterisation in a matter of seconds, yet this is achieved without requiring high beam currents or sacrificing pattern resolution. This means that these high speeds can be achieved even on challenging, real-world samples such as multiphase light metal alloys or deformed steels.
In addition, Symmetry S2 can collect distortion-free, megapixel resolution EBSPs for detailed strain and phase analyses. This is a detector to suit all applications, enhanced by innovative features such as software controlled tilting (with dynamic calibration) and a unique proximity sensor.
When an EBSD detector has no compromise, no application is beyond your reach.
The Symmetry S2 detector has an outstanding performance coupled with ease of use, making it the ideal detector for all EBSD applications:
The performance of the Symmetry S2 detector is enabled by the powerful AZtecHKL acquisition platform, backed up by the fastest and most modern EBSD data processing software, AZtecCrystal. The comparison table below will help you to choose the best software package to deliver the flexibility and functionality that you require.
| Feature | Description | AZtecHKL | AZtecHKL | AZtecHKL |
| Standard | Advanced | Automated | ||
| AZtec EBSD Mapping | Point Analyses,LineScans and Maps | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ReAnalysis | Reprocess datasets with stored patterns | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtec Synergy | Fully integrates Oxford Instruments EDS & EBSD systems with simultaneous EDS and EBSD maps /linescans | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtec PhaseID | Combines EDS & EBSD data to identify unknown phases | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtec Data Analysis | Data Clean, Grain Detection & Size Analysis, Map Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtecCrystalStandard | Modern, standalone EBSD data processing software incl.maps, pole/inverse pole figures and grain analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtec TruPhase | Real time differentiation of similar crystal structures using EDS | O | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtec Autolock | Predictive and reactive specimen drift correction | O | ✔ | ✔ |
| Colour FSD | Colour visualisation of orientation and Z-contrast images | O | ✔ | ✔ |
| PseudoSymmetry | Solves orientation measurements in materials where different orientations deliver similar EBSPs | O | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtecHKL Steel | Reclassify phase tool for phase separation and dedicated steel phase database | O | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtecCrystal Advanced | Comprehensive standalone data processing package, incl. ODFs, materials properties and an advanced classify tool | O | ✔ | ✔ |
| AZtec Large Area Mapping | Acquire and stitch multiple fields to characterise large sample areas | O | O | ✔ |
| AZtec Image Registration | Register and use an image for specimen navigation | O | O | ✔ |
| AZtec MapQueue | Schedule acquisition of multiple experiments | O | O | ✔ |
| CIF Import | Import Crystal Information Files for phase definition | O | O | ✔ |
| Magnetic Field Correction | Correct EBSD pattern distortion from immersion lens fields | O | O | O |
| AZtec 3D | Automated acquisition of 3D datasets on compatible FIB-SEMs | ✘ | O | O |
O: Available as Option
Methylammonium Lead Halides (MALHs) are organic crystal compounds used in solar cells, LEDs, LASERs and photodetectors. Recent improvements to EBSD detectors now allows for their characterisation of grain size and texture.
Martensitic structures are traditionally challenging to measure with EBSD. Here, the sensitivity and pattern detail provided by Symmetry enables exceptional results from a martensitic stainless steel.
CMOS-based EBSD detectors enable faster and more sensitive analyses of samples. Sensitivity is related to the full-system efficiency, or Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE).
CMOS-based EBSD detectors enable faster and more sensitive analyses of samples.
Watch our latest demonstration of the only all-in-one EBSD detector Symmetry S2.
Recorded live from our Spotlight session, at the virtual meeting M&M 2020. In this session, expert Dr. Pat Trimby introduces the new Symmetry S2 fibre-optically coupled EBSD detector.
Viewing time: 30 minutes
The Symmetry S2’s combination of extreme speed, sensitivity and versatility makes it the only EBSD detector that can cover all application areas. This includes:
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