OPT407: Electron Microscopy
Spring 2010
Final Project
To us who resides at Rochester area, we have to prepare
for the cruel winter weather-snowing. Observing with naked eye,
snowflakes are not exactly as numerous children books described as
having hexagonal symmetry. According to articles, the shape of the
snowflake is determined broadly by the temperature and humidity at which
it is form. So near –perfect snowflakes may be more common in pictures
because most snow particles are irregular shaped. In addition, the size
of the snowflake particles may be in the level of micros, so that the
usual light micro scope may be inadequate in observing such sample with
high resolution. It would be really interesting to see what snowflakes
actually like and maybe investigate the composition of it in the SEM or
possibly TEM.