REPLICATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE .2. CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PROCEDURES - INTERPRETATION

In the first part of this article the principles of replication and the materials suitable for replication techniques were discussed. Part 2 deals with a number of specific replication techniques that the author has found to be of value in research projects using the scanning electron microscope. The use of Silflo and Durcupan resin for clinical and laboratory studies will be described although the basic techniques are applicable to other materials. The interpretation of the images yielded by replicas can prove difficult, particularly until sufficient experience of the techniques has been gained, and because of this some of the phenomena most commonly associated with replicas are described. © 1979.