International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 3.5, pp. 171-176
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000589

Chapter 3.5. Preparation of specimens for electron diffraction and electron microscopy

N. J. Tighe,a J. R. Fryerb and H. M. Flowerc

a 42 Lema Lane, Palm Coast, FL 32137-2417, USA,bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, and cDepartment of Metallurgy, Imperial College, London SW7, England

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