Imaging (SE and BSE)
A Sense of Scale
![scale](/microscope/files/2010/08/scale.jpg)
Secondary Electron Images
Surface Topography
![Upload41](/microscope/files/2010/08/Upload41.jpg)
Bacscattered Electron Images
Intensity of the signal is proporational to the average atomic number (AAN) of the specimen producing a grey-scale image.
- Lower average atomic number = darker (bornite Cu 5FeS 4)
- Higher average atomic number = brighter (paolovite Pd 2Sn)
![Upload20](/microscope/files/2010/08/Upload20.jpg)
![Upload21](/microscope/files/2010/08/Upload21.jpg)