Electron Properties
- Practical Electron Microscopy and Database -
- An Online Book -

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This book (Practical Electron Microscopy and Database) is a reference for TEM and SEM students, operators, engineers, technicians, managers, and researchers.
 

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Some properties of electrons facilitates their application to imaging in electron microscopes (EMs):
        i) Due to their negative charge, electrons can be manipulated by a magnetic field generated in electromagnetic lenses and can be accelerated through a voltage differential;
        ii) Due to their small mass, the electrons can penetrate through thin specimens, and may be deflected by air particles so that high vacuum is needed in EM columns;
        iii) The shorter wavelength of high-energy electrons provides enhanced resolution over optical microscopes (e.g. λ ~ 550 nm);
        iv) The electron particles can be deflected by heavy atoms in TEM specimens so that atomic contrast can be obtained;
        v) However, the electrons cannot be directly detected by human eyes so that electron images must be converted to phosphorescent screen or recorded by CCD or on photographic emulsions.

 

 

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