| Abstract: | ![]()
Transmission electron microscopy has been particularly fruitful for studying phase transformations and other thermally induced structural changes. Investigations of such reactions can be carried out either by in-situ hot stage electron microscopy using thin foils or by monitoring the structure after various times of annealing of bulk specimens outside the microscope. Observations after annealing clearly provide no information about the temporal relationship between changes which have occurred. Dynamic studies in the microscope are capable of providing this information, however, the proximity of the foil surface is a complicating factor. |
