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field-ion microscope

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field-ion microscope: see microscope microscope, optical instrument used to increase the apparent size of an object.

Simple Microscopes



A magnifying glass, an ordinary double convex lens having a short focal length, is a simple microscope.
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Using a field-ion microscope that could identify the positions of individual lead atoms in the alloy, he and DeArdo determined the mechanism.
Tin replaces lead in automobile steel by Wu, C. / Science News
He also predicted that the exchange mechanism would produce a distinctive pattern of sites visited by a diffusing atom, and that this pattern should be apparent in data compiled from field-ion microscope observations.
Surface diffusion with a hop, skip or dip by Peterson, Ivars / Science News
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