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A METHOD recently reported by Timbrell1 for the determination of particle-size with the light microscope has been applied with slight modification to size determinations of textile-bonding agents with the electron microscope. These materials are dispersions of spherical polymer particles having sizes in the range 0–0.2µ. The normal method of size determination involves measurements on photographic plates obtained at known magnification using a transparent graticule. This method, which is tedious, may be subject to errors due to fatigue of the operator; and the method described has been found much more rapid and reliable.
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Timbrell, V., Nature, 170, 318 (1952).
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ATHERTON, E. Determinations of Size of Particles with the Electron Microscope. Nature 171, 350–351 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171350a0
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