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During establishing of a new electron microscopic laboratory it has to be considered that proper thin specimens are absolutely necessary for transmission electron microscopy. As a matter of course the preparation of such samples ranges from simple to very difficult and demanding. This chapter gives an overview on suitable preparation methods for transmission electron microscopic specimens.
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Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist, 1736–1806.
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Superconductors conduct the electric current below a transition temperature without any electric resistance. At classical superconductors (metals) this temperature amounts to only some K. At high temperature superconductors it is considerably higher, e.g. larger than 77 K = − 196 °C (temperature of liquid nitrogen).
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Helmut Ruska, German physician, 1908–1973, Ernst Ruska’s brother.
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Thomas, J., Gemming, T. (2014). We Prepare Electron-Transparent Samples. In: Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8601-0_3
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