Abstract
Urinary crystals can be identified by using analytical electron microscopic techniques of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis. Crystal habit can be recognised by scanning electron microscopy and their chemical nature by elemental analysis. With a conventional detector the lightest element that can routinely be detected is sodium, but with a windowless or thin window detector even carbon can be detected. Thus almost all the commonly occurring urinary crystals including uric acid can be analysed by energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1405-1411 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Scanning Microscopy |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Sep 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Instrumentation