And the winner is … SAM!
He guessed correctly … it was a “Post It Note”
Congrats SAM! You’ll be contacted for your address so that we can send you your ASPEX USB stick! Below were the details for the Name that Sample contest, Week 1! Stay tuned for Week 2 coming up! Do you have a sample that you’d like to see on the name that sample contest? Go ahead and Send Us Your Sample Today!
Hello everyone. Because of the huge success we’ve had with our “Send Us Your Sample” campaign … we’re asking everyone to help us NAME THAT SAMPLE!
Whoever guesses correctly first will win a 1GB ASPEX USB STICK. (winner will be contacted via email).
Just comment below with your guess! The contest will end Friday at 11:59PM EST.
Application Introduction
Variable Pressure (VP) facilitates the analysis of non-conductive specimens with SEM instrumentation. Our products employ the Backscattered Electron Detector (BSED) during this analysis mode.
Data Illustrations & Method Description
BSED imaging reflects the elemental surface composition in shades of gray. Carbonaceous phases would be represented in darker tones where as Metallic features would be displayed in brighter tones.
Interested in resolving or illustrating surface features, elemental composition and or an unknown defect? Just Send Us Your Sample!
System Configuration
Product: PSEM® eXpress
Operating Parameters: VP–BSED Detector,
Accelerating Voltage 20.0 kV,
Working Distance 14.4 mm
Reporting Software: Personal Image Print™
a piece of grass with due on it.
dirt
a raisin
raisin
coral?
nacho cheese
GUM! sticking to something
a sponge
Glue between two surfaces
A Flower
The inside of a spine
a plant stem
a mousepad?
Cardboard
a post-it note being torn off?
swine flu
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Sam, you read my mind. I was thinking the same thing. I guess it’s some kind of an adhesive and a Post-it Note is definitely something everyone would be familiar with. So if it’s not a Post-it note, I say it’s a piece of scotch tape peeling back from the roll.
The flap on a bubble mailer being peeled back.
melted gum?
Wet Leaf?
a fold open stick together cardboard packaging that is tough to peel apart and what may be a piece of dried grass stuck to the adhesive.
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Backbone/spine
an air vent??
glue?
I like the tape trend… so I will go with duct tape being peeled away from the roll.
A stop-cock or joint on lab glassware with some grease.
I think its a piece of gum being ripped in half.
Two pieces of metal welded or soldered together?
gum being stretched out
piece of scotch tape being removed from a surface.
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wooT
where’s my gaddam USB stick?