Hi Rich - the two reference I use are: Ewing's Analytical Instrumentation Handbook, Third Edition, ISBN 0824753488 Scanning Electron Microscopy and Xray Microanalysis, ISBN 0-306-44175-6 You should be able to get a copy of these on the used book market at reasonable prices. Dave From: Richard Kraszewski <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 05/09/2013 08:25 AM Subject: [TN] SEM Reference Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Can anyone please recommend a good reference on SEM's? Hardware, techniques, best practices, etc. Thanks in advance Rich Kraszewski PLEXUS ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________