An analytical transmission electron microscopy method using an electron microscope fitted with an energy filtering lens. The method is based on the principle that some of the ELECTRONS passing through the specimen will lose energy when they ionize inner shell electrons of the atoms in the specimen. The amount of energy loss is dependent upon the element. Analysis of the energy loss spectrum (ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY) reveals the elemental composition of a specimen. It is used analytically and quantitatively to determine which, how much of, and where specific ELEMENTS are in a sample. For example, it is used for elemental mapping of PHOSPHORUS to trace the strands of NUCLEIC ACIDS in nucleoprotein complexes.

Descriptor ID	D046032
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.350.515.402.580.500 E05.196.867.838.500 E05.595.402.580.500
Concept/Terms	Microscopy, Energy-Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy, Energy-Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy, Energy Filtering Transmission Electron EFTEM Energy-Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy Energy Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy Energy-Filtered TEM Energy Filtered TEM TEM, Energy-Filtered Electron Spectroscopic Imaging Imaging, Electron Spectroscopic Spectroscopic Imaging, Electron Energy-Filtered Transmission Electron Microscopy Energy Filtered Transmission Electron Microscopy EF-TEM

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