SEM
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- noun
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SEM
- The dry mixing procedure is verified by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
- SEM micrograph
- SEM images
- electron microscopy (SEM)
So let's move on to maybe X-rays and SEM, something like that.
- So let's move on to maybe X-rays and SEM, something like that.
Examples
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Meanwhile, other SRRC scientists use SEMs not only for cotton research but for projects on rice, peanuts, and corn as well.
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And then some of the parts that I've taken from the home built SEM are now in this sputtering chamber.
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Let's take a look at an SEM or scanning electron microscope.
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And we see all sorts of labels and arrows and SEM inserts.
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The standard operation of an SEM usually involves incident electron energies of 25 keV.
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Here's a scanning electron microscope (SEM) photo of the legs of a male from the paper:
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After that, specimens were gold-coated and mounted on the SEM sample stage with conductive, double-sided carbon tape before being analyzed.
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Figure 6(b) is a representative SEM micrograph for the 1250 Celsius sample.
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The elemental analysis was undertaken using an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDS) attached to the SEM apparatus.
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The researcher used an SEM to capture incredible detail in the specimen's surface.
Synonyms
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A machine that uses electrons instead of light to make very large images of tiny things
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
SEM = S + E + M
This sense is an acronym of the initial letters in 'scanning electron microscope', so the meaning cannot be inferred compositionally from the letters themselves.
Etymology
SEM is short for scanning electron microscope. Here scanning means 'moving a beam across a surface', electron is a tiny charged particle, and microscope is a tool for seeing very small things, so an SEM 'scans' a surface with electrons to show very fine detail.