A new microtome for cutting hard submillimeter-sized crystalline objects for promoting high-resolution instrumental microanalysis

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 449-456

  Sergeev, Sergei A ^a   Komarov, Albert N ^b   Bickel, Ruth A ^a   Steiger, Rudolf H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cutting of small crystals; Microanalytical techniques; Microtome device

Indexed keywords

MICROANALYSIS; MINERALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

ACCURATE GUIDANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROTOME DEVICE; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SMALL CRYSTALS;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY;

MICROTOME; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 0030809072     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/2/0449     Document Type: Article

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