Gushing Glass

© Toshie Yaguchi, Tadamasa Tsuruta, Takeo Kamino (Hitachi Instrument Engineering Co.,Ltd.)
© Takuji Miyamoto (Instrument Division, Hitachi, Ltd.)

We blew nitrogen gas (N₂) against a silicon single-crystal melted in the specimen standby exhauster of the general analysis TEM, solidifying it in an instance. This photo shows the resulting crystal against a dark background. The crystal is still single-crystal in spite of the deformation.

At 51st photo contest hosted by the Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy in 1995.

Condition

Specimen : Si single crystal

Instrument : Transmission Electron Microscope H-9000NAR

Magnification : × 15,000

Accelerating voltage : 300 kV

Processing Condition

Heater temperature : 1,450°C

Gas pressure : 1.5 ~ 10⁵ Pa

*All information related to these photographers is based on the information when the photo was taken.

*This work was presented at the "photo contest" hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy.

The Japanese Society of Microscopy.