NON-ARTIFACTED SPECIMEN PREPARATION FOR TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF SUBMICRON SOIL PARTICLES

Authors
MAVROCORDATOS D PERRET D
Citation
D. Mavrocordatos et D. Perret, NON-ARTIFACTED SPECIMEN PREPARATION FOR TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF SUBMICRON SOIL PARTICLES, Communications in soil science and plant analysis, 26(15-16), 1995, pp. 2593-2602
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science","Plant Sciences","Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Communications in soil science and plant analysis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00103624
Volume
26
Issue
15-16
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2593 - 2602
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-3624(1995)26:15-16<2593:NSPFTE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
An adapted centrifugation procedure is proposed for the preparation of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) specimens of soil solutions. T he centrifugation method allows to quantitatively produce non artefact ed specimens of soil solutions in order to visualize colloids present within the soil. The soil of interest is a well stratified Alpin Podzo l where colloids <0.45 mu m Were studied. The complete scheme of centr ifugation is presented in this paper. The results obtained by TEM on l ysimeter solutions and Soil suspensions are discussed.