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Techniques are described for the extraction onto carbon replicas of precipitates and inclusions from Mg and Al-based alloys for analytical transmission electron microscopy. EDX analysis of Mn precipitates from a Mg-Mn alloy illustrates the problems that can arise from spurious X-rays, caused by the use of a 3mm disc specimen.
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Carpenter et al. (1994) studied this question.
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