2022 OPTICAL AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Paper (PART C)
2022 OPTICAL AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Paper (PART C)
Faculty of Engineering
B.Sc. Engineering
Semester 7 Examination
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Question 1
b) Two Selected area diffraction patterns of samples A and B are shown in Figure Q1b.
Figure Q1b
i) Sketch the microstructures of A and B.
[02 Marks]
ii) Comments on the microstructures of A and B.
[02 Marks]
c) A transmission electron microscope operating at an accelerating voltage of 100 kV
with a wavelength λ=3.7×10−3 nm and camera length L=180, 88 mm are used. An
SAD pattern of sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained from TEM is shown in Figure Q1c.
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Figure Q1c
(i) What are the two basic parameters in spot diffraction patterns that can use
to interpret and index patterns?
[02 Marks]
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Question 2
Figure Q2a
(i)Suggest the electron microscopic technique used for dentine surface
examination. Give reasons for your suggestion.
[04 Marks]
(ii)Explain why different features in the areas of U and E
[04 Marks]
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c) Tin oxides were synthesized using the hydrothermal synthesis route for photocatalytic
nanostructures. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was performed to investigate
the changes in the Sn-related states under different annealing temperatures. Figure
Q2c shows XPS spectra of Sn 3d for tin oxide-based powders before and after
annealing at 500 and 700 °C. The two XPS spectra represent the spin–orbit doublet
peaks of Sn2+ and Sn4+ states.
Figure Q3b
(i) What is the state of Sn represented by A?
[01 Mark]
(ii) What is the state of Sn represented by B?
[01 Mark]
(iii) Justify your assigning for A and B.
[04 Marks]
(iv) Briefly discuss the effect of temperature on the Sn-related states of tin oxide-
based powders annealed at 500 and 700 °C.
[04 Marks]
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