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Tools and Instruments

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Fire Emulator/Detector Evaluator

The fire emulator/detector evaluator (FE/DE) is a computer-controlled flow tunnel used to re-create the environments surrounding detectors in the early stages

Focus Variation Microscope

The Alicona™ G5 focus variation microscope is a 3D surface topography measurement instrument. Its primary purpose is to collect firearm toolmark measurements

Focused Ion Beam

The Nova NanoLab 600 (NNL600) is a Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope equipped with spectroscopic detectors to allow elemental and phase measurements
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