CMM Image of the month winner!
March 2018
This image was taken by Jenny Lin from The School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering.
"The Ravel Revealed"
A lithium based metal stearate (=soap) thickener is revealed by SEM to have a twisted fibre-like micro-structure that resembles a ball of twine.
Image taken on the JSM 7001F SEM at 30000X 3KV Aperture 4 WD 6.5mm Spot 3 using the lower SE detector after the sample was solvent washed and sputter coated with Iridium.
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