ISSN:
0741-0581
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Natural Sciences in General
Notes:
In problems of air or water pollution, or in evaluation of exposure to pathogenic dusts from biological specimens ( e.g., asbestos fibers) some typical particles can be used as tracers. As far as they have sufficiently typical properties (shape, color, anisotropy,…) particles are rapidly recognized and quantified by light microscopy (LM), even if they are very scarce or dispersed among large amounts of unsignificant ones. For accurate characterization, analytical electron microscopy (scanning or transmission) is required, but cannot be efficiently applied for low concentrations of particles. A technique using a high precision object-marker under LM has been developed in the past by Jedwab (1975) to be used with SEM, but there is actually no equivalent for TEM. Such a technique is proposed in this paper. Its major interest resides in the greater amount of analytical data available for one single particle (high magnification morphology, crystallographic structure, chemistry). Practical results were obtained with asbestos fibers and bodies recovered from biological specimens, but the technique can be extended to many other problems concerning micron-sized particles.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jemt.1060080213
