Frank writes: > > This is why TEM images of ionic solutions do not represent what was in > > the solution.
And, halleluja, Marshal writes: > Once again, I agree. Well, good! I'm glad you guys agree because, at one time in a former life, I wasted a whole lot of time trying to make TEM samples of what were supposed to be colloidal particles that did nothing but agglomerate into a big jumbled messes that you couldn't use for anything at all. These samples were for a project at work that had nothing at all to do with silver (which I didn't even know about at the time), but did involve using TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) to try to figure out what we had put on as a coating on some samples. Any predominantly ionic preparation is going to *form* particles as it is evaporating on the TEM substrate... which will have nothing at all to do with what you've got in the jar on the shelf, and everything to do with the conditions you prepared the sample under. Meaningless, in other words. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
