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Mass loss of wood and its components during transmission electron microscopy
Author(s) -
Mary M.,
Revol J.F.,
Goring D. A. I.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1986.070310401
Subject(s) - transmission electron microscopy , lignin , cellulose , electron microscope , materials science , energy filtered transmission electron microscopy , xylan , microscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , composite material , chemistry , scanning transmission electron microscopy , optics , nanotechnology , chromatography , physics , organic chemistry
The loss of mass of wood and its polymeric constituents in transmission electron microscopy has been determined by measurement of the decrease in the continuum x‐ray intensity for various doses of irradiation. It was found that for doses higher than 5 × 10 −8 C/μm 2 , 42% of the original mass of the wood remained on the grid. The corresponding percentages for cellulose, xylan, and lignin were 32, 45, and 70, respectively. The significance of these results in the use of transmission electron microscopy for imaging and for quantitative microbeam analysis is discussed.