Transmission Electron Microscopy of Minerals and Rocks: 2 (Cambridge Topics in Mineral Physics and Chemistry, Series Number 2) - Hardcover

McLaren, Alex C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521350980 ISBN 13: 9780521350983

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Of the many techniques that have been applied to the study of crystal defects, none has contributed more to our understanding of their nature and influence on the physical and chemical properties of crystalline materials than transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM is now used extensively by an increasing number of earth scientists for direct observation of defect microstructures in minerals and rocks. Transmission Electron Microscopy of Minerals and Rocks is an introduction to the principles of the technique written specifically for geologists and mineralogists. The first part of the book deals with the essential physics of the transmission electron microscope and presents the basic theoretical background required for the interpretation of images and electron diffraction patterns. A knowledge of elementary crystallography is assumed, and some familiarity with optics and electromagnetic theory is helpful but not essential. The final chapters are concerned with specific applications of TEM in mineralogy and deal with such topics as planar defects, intergrowths, radiation-induced defects, dislocations and deformation-induced microstructures.

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Review

"...a welcome addition to the literature....is suitably authoritative and comprehensive....a very fine book, with many unique and worth-while features....will prove to be invaluable to any worker in the field, and should be in every Earth Science library." David Price, Geological Magazine

Book Description

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521350980
• ISBN 13: 9780521350983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400