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Phosphorus standards for the electron probe X‐ray microanalysis of ultrathin tissue sections
Author(s) -
Weakley Brenda S.,
Weakley Timothy J. R.,
James John L.
Publication year - 1980
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.1365-2818.1980.tb00297.x
Subject(s) - microanalysis , phosphorus , electron probe microanalysis , epoxy , x ray , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , chemistry , electron , radiochemistry , electron microprobe , mineralogy , chromatography , metallurgy , optics , physics , composite material , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY Phosphorus‐containing standards for use during quantitative electron probe X‐ray microanalysis of ultrathin tissue sections can be quickly and simply prepared using organo‐phosphorus compounds which are soluble in Spurr's epoxy resin mixture. Trials of five such compounds (one solid, the rest liquid) are described.