THE two-dimensional structure of montmorillonite has been illustrated by electron micrographs of the face view of the plates 1–3. We report what we believe to be the first micrograph to be ...

The reaction releases a lot of heat as the ionic compound sodium chloride is formed. A sodium and chlorine atom are near each other. An electron from each atom feels the attraction from the other atom ...

Much like the traditional scanning electron microscope (SEM), the field emission scanning electron microscope uses electrons to illuminate a sample, instead of visible light as is used in optical ...

The FEI Philips XL 40 Environmental Scanning Microscope (ESEM) is a large-chamber, tungsten source, environmental scanning electron microscope capable of high and low vacuum imaging. The FEI Philips ...