The Quanta 200 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) produces enlarged images of a variety of specimens, achieving magnifications of over 100000x providing high resolution imaging in a digital format. This important and widely used analytical tool provides exceptional depth of field, minimal specimen preparation, and the ability to combine the technique with X-ray microanalysis.

The Quanta 200 has 3 operating vacuum modes to deal with different types of sample:
- High Vacuum - the conventional operating mode associated with all scanning electron microscopes (pressure <1.3 Pa)
- Low Vacuum - when using uncoated, non-conductive samples (pressure 10-130 Pa)
- ESEM - when using moist samples dynamic experiments, hot/outgassing or dirty samples (pressure 130-2600 Pa)

Accessories: the Peltier cold stage - allows wetting/freezing of the sample using the ESEM mode pressure range. Temperature range: -20 ÷ 80 °C