Imaging (SE and BSE)


A Sense of Scale

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Secondary Electron Images

Surface Topography

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Bacscattered Electron Images

Intensity of the signal is proporational to the average atomic number (AAN) of the specimen producing a grey-scale image.

  • Lower average atomic number = darker (bornite Cu 5FeS 4)
  • Higher average atomic number = brighter (paolovite Pd 2Sn)
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