Handbook of sample preparation for scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis

This Handbook is a complete guide to preparing a wide variety of specimens for the scanning electron microscope and x-ray microanalyzer. Specimens range from inorganic, organic, biological, and geological samples to materials such asmetals, polymers, and semiconductors which can exist as solids, liquids, and gases. While the Handbook complements the best-selling textbook, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, Third Edition, by Goldstein, et al., it is entirely self-contained and describes what is needed up to the point thesample is put into the instrument. Photomicrographs of each specimen complement the many sample preparation ‘recipes’. Additional chapters describe the general features of specimen preparation in relation to the different needs of scanning electron microscopes and x-ray microanalyzers, and an appendix covers chemicals and equipment applicable to any of the recipes. Identifies problems that all specimens present in examining their structure and analysis in the SEMDescribes a series of protocols to ensure that a specimen is properly prepared once the particular problems are identified Guides the reader through a general approach to the problem before a particular procedure is applied to the requirements of a given sample INDICE: Introduction. 1. The need for sample preparation. 2. The general features of specimen preparation. 3. Preparation of specific types of sample. Appendix. Glossary. Index. References.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-85730-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés