| | Field ion microscope -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Field ion microscopy (FIM) is an analytical technique used in (Click link for more info and facts about materials science) materials science. |
 | | The field ion microscope is a type of (Magnifier of the image of small objects) microscope that can be used to image the arrangement of ((physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element) atoms at the surface of a sharp metal tip. |
 | | (A microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light) Electron microscope |
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