AGAR STANDARDS FOR QUANTITATIVE X-RAY-MICROANALYSIS OF RESIN-EMBEDDED PLANT-TISSUES

被引:26
作者
FRITZ, E
JENTSCHKE, G
机构
[1] Institute of Forest Botany, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37077
来源
JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY-OXFORD | 1994年 / 174卷
关键词
AGAR STANDARD; FREEZE-DRYING; QUANTIFICATION; X-RAY MICROANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2818.1994.tb04323.x
中图分类号
TH742 [显微镜];
学科分类号
摘要
Calibration standards for quantitative X-ray microanalysis of resin-embedded plant tissue were prepared by adding 6-600 mM KC1 to 5% agar. Agar blocks with an edge length of 1-2 mm were rapidly frozen, freeze-dried and embedded in styrene-methacrylate. Dry sections 1 mu m thick were mounted on adhesive-coated grids. Apart from fine-scale inhomogeneities caused by ice crystal formation, the KC1 is evenly distributed in the agar blocks. The peak-to-continuum values of K and Cl were highly linearly correlated to the K and Cl contents over the whole concentration range.
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