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Preparation of Zeolites for TEM Using Microtomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Roseann Csencsits  and
Ronald Gronsky
Roseann Csencsits
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Materials, Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Materials Science and Mineral Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Ronald Gronsky
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Materials, Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Materials Science and Mineral Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Abstract

The application of microtomy to Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) specimen preparation of zeolite catalysts is explained. Using a new acrylic resin (LR White®) thin sections (≤60 nm) may be cut with relative ease. Although the details described are specific to catalysts, microtomy and the use of the acrylic resin are applicable to any hard ceramic powder sample.

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