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Materials Characterization Instruments

Published by: BCC Research

Published: Jun. 1, 2004 - 248 Pages


Table of Contents


Introduction

Study Goals And Objectives



Reasons For Doing The Study



Contributions Of The Study And For Whom



Scope And Format



Methodology And Information Sources



Analyst Credentials



Related Bcc, Inc. Research



Bcc On-Line Services


Executive Summary

Summary Table:

Global Sales Of Materials Characterization Instruments By Type, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Summary Figure:

Global Sales Of Materials Characterization Instruments By Type, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)


Overview Of Materials Characterization

Definition Of Materials Characterization



Applications Of Material Characterization



Failure Analysis



Table 1 Materials Characterization Tests For Failure Analysis



Corrosion/Wear Testing



Table 2 Materials Characterization Tests For Corrosion Testing



Table 3 Materials Characterization Tests For Wear Testing



Thin Films/Coatings Analysis



Table 4 Materials Characterization Tests For Thin Films/Coatings Analysis



Biocompatibility Testing



Table 5 Materials Characterization Tests For Biocompatibility Analysis



Contaminant Analysis



Table 6 Materials Characterization Tests For Contaminant Analysis



Process Control



Table 7 Materials Characterization Tests For Process Control



Quality Control



Table 8 Materials Characterization Tests For Quality Control



Types Of Test



Introduction



Chemical Characterization Tests



Table 9 Major Chemical Characterization Tests



Chromatography



Liquid Chromatography



Description



Figure 1 Schematic Hplc System



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nanotechnology Applications Of Liquid Chromatography



Manufacturers



Table 10 Manufacturers Of Liquid Chromatography Instrumentation



Gas Chromatography



Description



Figure 2 Gas Chromatography Schematic Diagram



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nanotechnology Applications Of Gas Chromatography



Manufacturers



Table 11 Manufacturers Of Gas Chromatography Instrumentation



Other Types Of Chromatography



Spectrometry



Table 12 Major Types Of Spectrometry



Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (Aas)



Description



Figure 3 Principal Elements Of An Atomic Absorption Spectrometer



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers Of Atomic Absorption Spectrometers



Table 13 Manufacturers Of Atomic Absorption Spectrometers



Infrared Spectroscopy



Description



Table 14 Infrared Spectrum



Dispersive Spectrometers



Figure 4 Principal Elements Of An Ir Spectrometer



Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers



Figure 5 Elements Of A Ft-Ir Spectrometer



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Infrared Spectrometer Manufacturers



Table 15 Manufacturers Of Infrared Spectrometers



Raman Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 6 Elements Of A Raman Spectroscope



Resonance Raman Spectroscopy



Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrsocopy



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers Of Raman Spectrometers



Table 16 Manufacturers Of Raman Spectrometers



Electron Spectroscopy



Auger Electron Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 7 Auger Electron Spectrometer



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 17 Manufacturers Of Auger Spectrometers



X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers Of Xps Spectroscopes



Table 18 Manufacturers Of Xps Spectrometers



Ion Scattering Spectroscopy



Low Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 8 Low Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 19 Manufacturers Of Leis Spectrscopy Apparatus



High Energy Ion Scattering (Rutherford Backscattering) Spectroscopy



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Medium Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy (Meis)



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy



Description



Applications



Sample



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 20 Manufacturers Of Nmr Spectrometers



Uv-Visible Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 9 Uv-Visible Spectroscope Schematic Diagram



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers Of Uv-Visible Spectroscopy Equipment



Table 21 Manufacturers Of Uv-Visible Spectrometers



Plasma Spectroscopy



Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 22 Manufacturers Of Icp Spectrometers



X-Ray Spectroscopy



X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 23 Manufacturers Of X-Ray Spectrometers



Fluorescence Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 10 Molecular Fluorescence Spectrometer



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers Of Fluorescence Spectroscopy Devices



Table 24 Manufacturers Of Auger Spectrometers



Mass Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 11 Mass Spectrometer



Alternative Types Of Ion Source



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 25 Mass Spectroscopy Equipment Manufacturers



Hyphenated Spectroscopy



Description



Figure 12 Hyphenated Spectrscopy Techniques



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 26 Hyphenated Spectroscopy Equipment Manufacturers



Spectroscopy For Nanoscale Applications



Electroanalysis



Potentiometry



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 27 Manufacturers Of Potentiometers



Amperometry



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 28 Manufacturers Of Amperometers



Conductometry



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 29 Manufacturers Of Conductomers



Electrogravimetry



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Voltammetry



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 30 Manufacturers Of Voltammeters



Coulometry



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 31 Manufacturers Of Coulometry Instruments



Electroanalysis For Nanoscale Applications



Morphological Testing



Table 32 Major Morphological Characterization Tests



Optical Microscopy



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 33 Optical Microscope Manufacturers



Electron Microscopy



Scanning Electron Microscopy



Description



Figure 13 Scanning Electron Microscope



Figure 14 Scanning Electron Microscope-Sample Interaction



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 34 Scanning Electron Microscope Manufacturers



Transmission Electron Microscopy



Description



Figure 15 Transmission Electron Microscope



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 35 Transmission Electron Microscope Manufacturers



Scanning Probe Microscopy



Description



Figure 16 Scanning Probe Microscope



Figure 17 Atomic Force Microscope Probe



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 36 Scanning Probe Microscope Manufacturers



Focused Ion Beam Microscopy



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Manufacturers



Table 37 Focused Ion Beam Microscope Manufacturers



X-Ray Diffractometry



Description



Figure 18 X-Ray Diffractometer



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 38 Manufacturers Of X-Ray Diffractometers



Ultrasound Testing



Description



Transducer Types



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 39 Manufacturers Of Ultrasound Testers



Radiography



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 40 Manufacturers Of Radiography And Computed Tomography Equipment



Eddy Current Inspection



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 41 Manufacturers Of Eddy Current Testers



Barkhausen Noise Analysis



Description



Applications



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 42 Manufacturers Of Barkhausen Testers



Acoustic Emission Testing



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Manufacturers



Table 43 Manufacturers Of Acoustic Emission Testers



Thermography



Description



Flash Thermography



Figure 19 Flash Thermography



Lock-In Thermography



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Manufacturers



Table 44 Manufacturers Of Thermography Equipment



Morphological Characterization Of Nanostructured Materials



Physical/Mechanical Testing



Tensile Tests



Description



Figure 20 Tensile Test



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nano-Tensile Testing



Figure 21 "Pull-Tab" Testing Using A Nano-Indenter



Figure 22 Device For Nanoscale Tensile Testing Of Thin Films And Mems



Tensile Testing Equipment Manufacturers



Table 45 Tensile Testing System Manufacturers



Compression Test



Description



Figure 23 Compression Tester



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nano-Compression Testing



Compression Testing Equipment Manufacturers



Table 46 Compression Testing System Manufacturers



Torsion Tests



Description



Figure 24 Basic Torsion Tester



Applications



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nano-Torsion Testing



Torsion Test Equipment Manufacturers



Table 47 Torsion Testing System Manufacturers



Impact Tests



Pendulum Testing



Description



Figure 25 Izod Pendulum Test



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Drop Weight Tests



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Instrumented Impact Tests



Description



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative And Complimentary Tests



Nano-Impact Testing



Description



Figure 26 Nano-Impact Test



Applications



Advantages/Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Impact Testing Equipment Manufacturers



Table 48 Impact Testing System Manufacturers



Hardness Tests



Table 49 Major Hardness Tests And Applications



Rockwell Hardness Test



Description



Figure 27 Rockwell Hardness Test



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Test Equipment



Brinell Hardness Test



Description



Figure 28 Brinell Hardness Test



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Vickers Hardness Test



Description



Figure 29 Vickers Hardness Test



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Knoop Hardness Test



Description



Figure 30 Knoop Hardness Test Indentation



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Scleroscope Hardness Test



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Shore (Durometer) Hardness Tests



Description



Applications



Advantages/Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Nano-Hardness Testing



Description



Figure 31 Electromagnetic Nano-Hardness Tester



Figure 32 Transducer Nano-Hardness Tester



Applications



Table 50 Nano-Hardness Testing Applications



Hardness Testing Equipment Manufacturers



Table 51 Hardness Testing Equipment Manufacturers



Universal Testing Machines (Utms)



Description



Applications



Advantages And Limitations



Alternative/Complementary Tests



Universal Testing Machine Manufacturers



Table 52 Manufacturers Of Universal Test Machines


Patent Analysis

U.S. Patents By Type Of Materials Characterization Test



Figure 33 U.S. Patents By Type Of Materials Characterization Technology (Number Of U.S. Patents Issued 1975-2004)



Total Patents Over Time



Figure 34 Annual Trends In Total U.S. Materials Aracterization Patents, 1999-2003* (Number Of Patents Issued Each Year)



Patent Trends By Technology Type Over Time



Figure 35 Annual Trends In U.S. Materials Characterization Patents By Test Type, 1999-2003 (Number Of Patents Issued Each Year)



U.S. Patents By Nationality Of Assignee



Figure 36 U.S. Materials Characterization-Related Patents By Nationality Of Assignee, 1999-2003 (%)


Global Market For Materials Characterization Instruments

Overall Market Size And Segmentation



Table 53 Global Sales Of Materials Characterization Instruments By Type, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 37 Global Sales Of Materials Characterization Instruments By Type, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 38 Global Materials Characterization Instrument Market Segments, 2002 And 2009 (%)



Market By Type Of Instrument



Morphological Characterization



Table 54 Global Sales Of Morphological Testing Equipment, By Product Type, Through 2009 ($ Billion)



Microscopy



Table 55 Global Microscopy Sales, By Product Type, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 39 Global Microscope Sales, By Product Type, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 40 Global Microsopy Product Shares, 2002 And 2009 (%)



Radiography/X-Ray Diffractometry



Figure 41 Global Radiography/X-Ray Diffraction Sales, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Ultrasound/Acoustical Emission



Figure 42 Global Ultrasound/Acoustical Emission Sales, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Eddy Current



Figure 43 Global Eddy Current Tester Sales, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Thermography



Figure 44 Global Thermography Equipment Sales, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Other Morphological Tests



Chemical Characterization



Table 56 Global Chemical Characterization Equipment Market By Major Subsegment, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 45 Global Chemical Characterization Equipment Market By Major Subsegment, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Chromatography



Table 57 Global Chromatography Equipment Sales By Product Type, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 46 Global Chromatography Equipment Sales By Product Type, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 47 Global Chromatography Product Shares, 2002 And 2009 (%)



Spectroscopy



Figure 48 Global Spectrometer Sales By Product, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Table 58 U.S. Spectroscopy Sales By Product, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Table 59 U.S. Vs. Other Geographical Markets For Spectroscopy Equipment, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 49 U.S. Spectroscopy Product Market Shares, 2002 And 2009 (%)



Table 60 Global Spectrscopy Sales, By Product Type, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Electroanalysis



Figure 50 Global Sales Of Electroanalysis Instrumentation, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Physical/Mechanical Characterization



Table 61 Global Physical/Mechanical Characterization Market By Major Subsegment, Through 2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 51 Global Physical/Chemical Characterization Instrument Sales By Type, 2002-2009 ($ Billions)



Figure 52 Global Physical/Mechanical Characterization Product Shares, 2002 And 2009 (%)


Industry Structure

Market Shares



Chemical Characterization Instruments



Chromatography



Figure 53 Global Chromatography Market Share, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 62 Global Chromatography Sales, 2002 ($ Billions)



Spectroscopy



Figure 54 Global Spectroscopy Market Shares, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 63 Global Spectroscopy Sales, 2002 ($ Billions)



Electrochemical Analysis



Figure 55 Global Electrochemical Market Shares, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 64 Global Electrochemical Sales, 2002 ($ Billions)



Physical Characterization



Figure 56 Global Physical Mechanical Test Equipment Market Share, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 65 Global Physical/Mechanical Test Equipment Sales, 2002 ($ Millions)



Morphological Characterization



Microscopy



Figure 57 Global Microscopy Market Share, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 66 Global Microscopy Sales, 2002 ($ Billions)



Radiography/X-Ray Diffraction



Figure 58 Global Radiography/X-Ray Diffraction Market Shares, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 67 Global Radiography/X-Ray Diffraction Sales, 2002 ($ Billions)



Ultrasound



Figure 59 Global Ultrasound Market Share, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Thermography



Figure 60 Global Radiography/X-Ray Diffraction Market Shares, 2002 (Percent Of Total Sales By Value)



Table 68 Global Radiography/X-Ray Diffraction Sales, 2002 ($ Billions)


Company Profiles

Agilent Technologies, Inc.



Amersham Biosciences, Inc.



Ametek



Applied Biosystems Group



Applied Test Systems, Inc.



Atos Gmbh



Aurora Instruments, Ltd.



Brinkmann Instruments, Inc.



Bruker Axs



Table 69 Bruker Axs Financial Performance, Through 2002 ($ Millions)



Bruker Daltonics Inc.



Table 70 Bruker Daltonics Financial Performance, Through 2002 ($ Millions)



Bruker Optics Inc.



Buck Scientific, Inc.



Buehler Ltd.



Clemex Technologies, Inc.



Csm Instruments



Cypress Systems, Inc.



Digilab U.S.



Dionex Corp.



Ernst Haertepruefer Sa



Flir Systems, Inc.



Table 71 Flir Systems Financial Performance, Through 2002 ($ Millions)



Helmut Fischer Gmbh + Co.Kg.



Flexbar Machine Corporation



Foundrax Engineering Products Ltd.



Future-Tech Corp.



Gamry Instruments



Gilson, Inc.



Hegewald & Peschke Meß-Und Prüftechnik Gmbh



Hitachi Ltd.



Horiba Jobin Yvon Co. Ltd.



Hysitron, Inc.



Indentec Ltd.



Inphotonics Inc.



Instron Corp.



Ion Optics, Inc.



Jasco International Co. Ltd.



Jeol Ltd.



Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc.



Leco Corp.



Leeman Labs, Inc.



The L.S. Starrett Company



Mds Sciex



Metrohm Ag



Micro Materials, Ltd.



Micro Photonics Inc.



Midac Corp.



Mitutuyo Corp.



Mts Systems Corporation



Newage Testing Instruments, Inc.



Oxford Instruments Plc



Perkin Elmer, Inc.



Physical Electronics Us



Princeton Applied Research



Qualitest International Inc.



Rigaku International Corp.



Sartorius Ag



Seiko Instruments, Inc.



Shimadzu Corp.



Specs Scientific Instruments, Inc.



Stellarnet Inc.



Sun-Tec Corp.



Testing Machines Inc.



Testresources, Inc.



Thermo Electron Corp.



Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co. Ltd.



Universal Systems, Inc.



Varian Inc.



Waters Corporation



Zwick Gmbh & Co. Kg



Abstract

This BCC report defines materials characterization more broadly to include the latter types of properties and the instruments used to test for them. The study identifies segments of the materials characterization market with the greatest commercial potential in the near to mid-term, identifying, and where possible, quantifying the key demand drivers, projecting future demand for materials characterization instruments, and evaluating the technical challenges that must be overcome for the market to realize its full potential. The report contains: A technological overview of chemical, optical, physical and mechanical characterization techniques; Analysis of global markets by type of instrument, property tested for, end-user segment and geographical region; Market forecasts through 2009; A look at technology trends, limits and challenges as well as a detailed patent analysis; Analysis of the industry’s structure, including firm size and financial performance, ownership and market shares.

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