Capture and scanning electron microscopy of individual snow crystals
Open Access
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 40 (134) , 195-197
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000003981
Abstract
A snow crystal has been successfully collected on to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) stub in central Greenland. It was preserved at liquid-nitrogen temperature for 5 months, prior to examination in the SEM. This is believed to be the first time a snow crystal has been observed directly in the SEM and offers some new experimental methods for understanding crystals and their chemistry.Keywords
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