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Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI) for the localisation of titanium in Chrysotile asbestos
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Abstract
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| High spatial resolution and sensitivity make electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI) excellent techniques for localizing low levels of titanium (approximately 2 wt.%) in ultrastructural features as small as cross-sections of chemically modified chrysotile asbestos fibres (i.e. 20 nm diameter). Visible beam damage, ie. mass loss and morphological changes, was drastically reduced when a Zeiss EM 902 fitted with a cryoholder was used to perform ESI using the three-window background extrapolation method. The electron micrographs revealed that the titanium distribution is located not only at the external surface of the fibre but also inside the fibril tube. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Surface and interface analysis. - London
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Publication
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London
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1992
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ISSN
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0142-2421
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Volume/pages
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19
(1992)
, p. 439-444
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ISI
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A1992JD45200079
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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