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High Quality Sample Preparation for EBSD Analysis by Broad Ion Beam Milling

Electron Backscatter Diffraction technique (EBSD) is known as a "surface" technique because electron diffraction is generated within a few tens of nanometers of the sample surface. Therefore, the…

Analysis of Oil Shale as an Alternative Source of Energy

For some years now, the search for alternative sources of raw materials has concentrated on oil shale deposits. As the exploitation of these raw materials is still extremely complex and expensive,…