Electron microprobe

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; electronprobe microanalysis; EPMA; WDS; Elektronen Mikroprobe (Deut.); microsonde électronique (Fr.);

Resources and Citations

• Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Microscope." Accessed 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.