Learning on ScreenScanning Electron Microscopy. Part 1: Preparation of Biological Specimens
- Subtitle
- Preparation of biological specimens
- Synopsis
- Outlines the importance of the scanning electron microscope as a tool for biologists and the principles and practice of the preparation techniques in common use. Shows fixation, dehydration, critical point drying and splutter coating using the colonial alga Volvox and the gill of a bivalve mollusc (the eulamellibranch ‘Scrobicularia plana’). Discusses the relative merits of air-drying, critical-point drying and freeze-drying. Examines air-dried and critical point-dried specimens in a SEM.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 44 min.
- Year of production
- 1980
- Availability
- Sale
- Uses
- Undegraduate and postgraduate students and laboratory technicians in biology and human and veterinary medicine. Also of interest to A-level students.
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- biological specimens; electron microscopy
Credits
- Director
- Trevor A Scott
- Writer
- Elizabeth Andrews
- Contributor
- Graham Lawes; Trevor A Scott
- Cast
Elizabeth Andrews
Production Company
- Name
University of London Audio-Visual Centre
- Notes
- Closed down.
Sponsor
- Name
Bedford College
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
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- Web
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- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
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