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- From: kwg@creare.com (Kent Goeking)
- Newsgroups: sci.materials,sci.chem
- Subject: SEM of lithium?
- Message-ID: <BznzK5.JFH@creare.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 14:14:28 GMT
- Reply-To: kwg@creare.com
- Followup-To: sci.materials
- Organization: Creare Inc., Hanover, NH
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- I would like to hear if anyone has any experience in preparing moisture
- sensitive samples for SEM examination. In particular I would like to
- examine the interface between a piece of lithium and a polymer electrolyte
- to understand the interface phenomena that is responsible for degredation
- in lithium based batteries.
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- Unfortunately, lithium reacts vigerously with water and the moisture
- present in the air would destroy any interesting interface microstructures
- before I got a chance to look at them. Is it possible to prepare the
- sample in-situ? I mean while in the SEM vacuum chamber? Any ideas or
- reference suggestions appreciated.
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- Thanks,
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- Kent Goeking
- Creare Inc.
- kwg@creare.com
-