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Electron Detector
Attracts the electrons that bounce off the sample and turns them into an electrical current.
Sample chamber
Basics
Magnification
What is magnification?
How do we see?
Learn about focus
Learn about lenses
Magnification aids
The Scanning Electron Microscope
How does an SEM work?
Intro
Electrons
Filament
Electron cloud
Anode plate
Magnetic lens
Sample
Deflector
Detector
How is the image made?
Uses of the SEM
Parts of the SEM
Intro
Electron gun
Anode
Magnetic lens system
Deflector coils
Electron column
Sample stage
Electron detector
Sample chamber
Computer
Controllers
Activities
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Learn to use an SEM
Explore with the SEM simulator
Challenge – What do you see?
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