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Old 08-30-2007, 01:38 AM   #6
Scriveyn
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Originally Posted by Brianna View Post
It looks like a concrete snowflake. ...
I had been wondering how they did it, beacause electron microscopes can only image objects whose surface is electrically conductive. - So these are platinum coated snowflakes.
Can we make a necklace of them after they're no longer needed for science? :p

(see their explanation here: http://emu.arsusda.gov/snowsite/4100/4100.html)
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