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Original Articles

Interior openings of functional pores in the avian egg shell: Identification with the scanning electron microscope

Pages 497-499 | Received 28 Sep 1982, Published online: 08 Nov 2007
 

Abstract

1. In a method to identify interior openings of unobstructed pores, they are stained with uranyl acetate.

2. Back‐scattered electron atomic number contrast imaging indicates the openings of those pores that have been penetrated by the stain, because of the enhanced back‐scattering arising from the atomic number difference between uranium and calcium. Morphologically identical structures that are unstained do not contribute to the total effective pore area.

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