JEOL JXA-8500F to a good home

[Nicholas Ritchie]

NIST is looking to surplus its JEOL JXA-8500F (circa 2004).  There is a lot to like about this instrument - the hardware is great.  The JEOL software based on a mishmash of Solaris Unix and Windows, a bit less so.  However, with Probe for EPMA, great results can be had.

It was operational until shut down for the pandemic.  We always kept it under a service contract.  It has been sitting idle since.  I expect it can be brought back up with a small investment of time and money.  4 wavelength spectrometers, Si(Li) (JEOL) and SDD detector (Bruker).

As per normal, you'll have to pay to have the instrument removed from our lab and installed in yours.

As a US Goverment entity, we will prioritize giving the instrument to a 1) US Federal lab; 2) a state/city lab;  or 2) a US university.  I don't think we can give it to a non-US entity.

Contact me at nicholas.ritchie@nist.gov if you have an interest.

[Nicholas Ritchie]

NIST is getting rid of our JXA-8500F.  Its been a good instrument for over 20 years but JEOL won't renew the service contract and we're getting out of the EPMA (WDS) business.  Rather than surplus it, I'd like to give it to some US Federal, State, educational or research institution.  Anyone interested?  You would have to pay to transport the instrument to your location.  Otherwise, there would be no cost on our end.