The Henryk Niewodniczański
Institute of Nuclear Physics
Polish Academy of Sciences

Polarized light microscope

The Bipoloar PI PZO polarized light microscope equipped with LINKAM THMS600 heating table, T95-PE controller and LNP95 liquid nitrogen cooling system, allows for sample observation either in reflected or in transmitted light for broad range of temperatures. Further analysis of recod-ed data can be performed with the TOApy package.

Main technical parameters

Temperature range	-196 to 600 °C
Temperature accuracy:	± 0.01 °C
Rate of temperature change: - on heating - on cooling	up to 150 °C/min up to 100 °C/min
Temperature stability:	&0.1 °C
Maximal diameter of a sample:	22 mm
Linear feed of a sample:	16 mm (XY)

Applications

• Observation and identification of phase transitions for molecular and liquid crystals
• Determination of transition temperature, kinetic parameters of crystallization
• Identification of textures

Department in which the equipment is in use

Department of Soft Matter Research (NZ35)