Electron microprobe
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Description
An electron microscope with wavelength disperse spectrometers (WDS). First developed in 1947, electron microprobes can quantitatively measure the elemental composition of micron size areas of a material.
Synonyms and Related Terms
"electron probe microscope; WDS; Elektronen Mikroprobe (Deut.); microsonde électronique (Fr.);
Authority
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Microscope." Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 Aug. 2004 .
- Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technologies, Paul Nicholson, Ian Shaw (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000 Comment: B.Aston, J.Harrell, I.Shaw, "Stone" p. 68.