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TEM with environmental cell enables study of carbon nanotubes.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  September, 2006  

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A $4 million Titan transmission electron micro-scope has been acquired from FEI Co., Hillsboro, Oregon, by Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. The instrument has 14 main lenses and another 50 smaller lenses. It is housed in a specially shielded facility to block electromagnetic interference from sources such as powerlines and radio transmitters.

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The ten-foot-tall, 3.5-ton microscope sits on its own concrete slab, separated from the building's foundation to isolate it from vibration. The TEM is equipped with a small environmental cell, in which gases such as acetylene or butane ...

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