| Autor: |
Montone A; ENEA, Unità Materiali e Nuove Tecnologie, C.R. Casaccia, C.P. 2400, 00100 Roma AD, Italy., Antisari MV |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Micron (Oxford, England : 1993) [Micron] 2003; Vol. 34 (2), pp. 79-83. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/s0968-4328(03)00019-2 |
| Abstrakt: |
In this paper we describe a novel method to prepare powder specimens for transmission electron microscopy examination. The powder samples are embedded in a metallic matrix by a route based on the plastic flow of a soft metal, using a small laboratory type hand driven hydraulic press. The resulting composites are processed with the conventional procedure based on grinding polishing and ion beam milling. The resulting TEM specimens have a self-supporting structure, good thermal and electrical conductivity while showing a well-polished surface resulting from the ion milling process. The method can be applied to a large variety of samples with sufficiently strong mechanical properties; a few examples are reported. The limits, mainly due to the mechanical toughness of the powder, are discussed. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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