CAPTURE AND SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF INDIVIDUAL SNOW CRYSTALS

Authors
WOLFF EW REID AP
Citation
Ew. Wolff et Ap. Reid, CAPTURE AND SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF INDIVIDUAL SNOW CRYSTALS, Journal of Glaciology, 40(134), 1994, pp. 195-197
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Geology
Journal title
Journal of Glaciology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221430
Volume
40
Issue
134
Year of publication
1994
Pages
195 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1430(1994)40:134<195:CASEOI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A snow crystal has been successfully collected on to a scanning electr on microscope (SEM) stub in central Greenland. It was preserved at liq uid-nitrogen temperature for 5 months, prior to examination in the SEM . This is believed to be the first time a snow crystal has been observ ed directly in the SEM and offers some new experimental methods for un derstanding crystals and their chemistry.