Backscattered electrons

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Backscattered electrons
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• High energy electrons
• Escape from depths in the specimen
• Higher atomic numbered elements emit many more
  backscattered electrons
• Can be attracted by a special detector

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Two views of frog optic nerve, stained with
silver. A is secondary electron image, B is
backscatter image
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