Carbon Tape is highly conductive and is very convenient to use for SEM and EDS applications. The tape is a double-sided adhesive. The conductivity of the tape permits easy and fast mounting of your sample with the use of liquid adhesives or conductors.

Carbon tapes currently on the market have a high resistance value, often thousands of ohms, because that is what is required when manufacturers are constructing ESD devices (the largest market for carbon tape). The new "CARBON TAPE #12" has a very low resistance value (<2 ohms) and is better suited to areas such as SEM or anywhere higher conductivity is important.

Other advantages include:

• Thinner
• Embedded carbon fibers add strength and conductivity in all (XYZ) directions
• Less out gassing
• Tackier surface for better adhesion
• Lower contaminants under EDS, <0.1% Ni
• Better stability under an electron beam
  

It should be noted that the product is gray/black in appearance, which is different to many users who have always seen an all black tape. When viewed in an SEM the texture is different and if viewed in an optical microscope the carbon fibers are visible through the clear conductive adhesive. For most uses, this product offers a better choice due to the higher conductivity over the previous product.