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Preparation of tough, fibrous material for examination in the scanning electron microscope
Author(s) -
Barlow John R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1974.tb03872.x
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , materials science , composite material , distortion (music) , optoelectronics , amplifier , cmos
SUMMARY A simple method has been devised which minimizes distortion of fibrous material during the cutting needed for examination of cross‐sections in the SEM. Camphene, suggested for use in ‘freeze‐drying’ at room temperature (Watters & Buck, 1971) is used as an embedding material with a surrounding layer of ice for reinforcement and sectioning can then be carried out. The technique has been successfully applied to hides and skins in several stages of processing to leather, i.e. in both wet and dry initial states.