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Scanning electron microscope

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A scanning electron microscope is similar to a transmission electron microscope except that instead of electrons passing through the specimen, they are reflected back by the surface and picked up by a detector perpendicular to the specimen surface.

The scanning electron microscope has greater potential magnification than transmission electron microscopy.


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