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A cassette system for systematic cryostorage of low‐temperature scanning electron microscopy stubs
Author(s) -
Lawton D. M.,
Oswald W. B.
Publication year - 1992
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.1365-2818.1992.tb03231.x
Subject(s) - liquid nitrogen , scanning electron microscope , stub (electronics) , electron microscope , materials science , microscopy , optics , chemistry , composite material , physics , electrical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry
SUMMARY A system is described for the storage of cylindrical (10 × 3.5 mm) stubs for low‐temperature scanning electron microscopy. The system facilitates rapid retrieval of mounted specimens, maximizes the capacity of the low‐temperature (liquid nitrogen) specimen store, locates each stub exactly in a protected well, and eliminates the possibility of specimen damage from conventional hazards during transport between the storage facility and microscope.