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Watch Atoms of Gold on FeO Move Under an Electron Microscope

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Uploaded by on Jun 21, 2011

Watch as atoms of gold particles move under elevated temperatures in a TEM using a Protochips Aduro holder. Near the end 2 gold particles actually merge to form 1.

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  • When you are watching "the blob (kind of looks like a cell-- but it is not) it is actually a grouping of atoms (look closely-- the atoms look almost like pixels). This kind of imaging was simply not possible a couple of years ago.

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  • isnt it crazy how atoms are always moving except for wen yu measure then under a microscope?

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  • @Omatollis yes the gold is reacting to the heat.

  • It's a hoax.

  • what are the moving bulges being cuased by? is the gold reacting to something?

  • so haw come the big one dident get bigger?

  • @zestydude87

    no theyre just small particles of gold. atoms can only be viewed with electron microscopes etc

  • So these are the atoms themselves?

  • atoma aat 5nm........? ohhh i see what was happened?

  • @PicoScientific Here is a video of electron movement you may appreciate. youtubecom/watch?v=ofp-OHIq6Wo­&feature=related

  • seek in GOOGLE... flickr.com/photos/ibm_research­_zurich/3813960741/

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