Transmission Electron Microscopy of Minerals and Rocks

An introduction to the principles of transmission electron microscopy, written specifically for geologists and mineralogists.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Principles of image formation by a lens; 2. The transmission electron microscope; 3. Kinematical theory of electron diffraction; 4. Dynamical theory of electron diffraction; 5. The observation of crystal defects; 6. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy; 7. Chemical analysis in the transmission electron microscope; 8. Mineralogical applications of TEM - I: defects and microstructures in undeformed specimens; 9. Mineralogical applications of TEM - II: dislocations and microstructures associated with deformation; References; Index.

Summary

Transmission Electron Microscopy of Minerals and Rocks is an introduction to the principles of the technique and is the only book to date on the subject written specifically for geologists and mineralogists.

Product details

• Authors: Alex C. McLaren
• Assisted by: Robert C. Liebermann (Editor), Andrew Putnis (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2014
• EAN: 9780521350983
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35098-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 728 g
• Series: Problems in the Behavioural Sc
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology