scanning electron microscope
noun
: an electron microscope in which a beam of focused electrons moves across the object with the secondary electrons produced by the object and the electrons scattered by the object being collected to form a three-dimensional image on a display screen
called also scanning microscope
scanning electron microscopy
noun
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Provided by Sachiko Amari The picture is an image of such a grain taken by a scanning electron microscope.
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Sachiko Amari, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
His equipment includes a high-temperature furnace, a vacuum chamber built from surplus parts, and a scanning electron microscope.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
Based on the photos and description, Graham also suspected the object was a meteorite -- remnants of meteoroids that make it through the atmosphere and hit the ground -- but told WPVI that the college's scanning electron microscope would be able to tell if this was metal from space or Earth.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 May 2023
In the second, taken with a field emission scanning electron microscope, connections between exosomes are visualized.
—Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
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Sachiko Amari, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
His equipment includes a high-temperature furnace, a vacuum chamber built from surplus parts, and a scanning electron microscope.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
Based on the photos and description, Graham also suspected the object was a meteorite -- remnants of meteoroids that make it through the atmosphere and hit the ground -- but told WPVI that the college's scanning electron microscope would be able to tell if this was metal from space or Earth.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 May 2023
In the second, taken with a field emission scanning electron microscope, connections between exosomes are visualized.
—Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
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“Scanning electron microscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scanning%20electron%20microscope. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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