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Electron Image Describe Scanning Microscopy Requires Vacuum Live

Front Describe Scanning Electron Microscopy. (7)
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- requires vacuum so live specimens cannot be observed
- complex staining process

- electron beam directed onto specimen
- electron scatter pattern analysed computer to produce image

- resolution of 20 nm 
- does not show colour
- produces 3-D image with depth

Tags: microscopy

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