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English: A diamond knife blade used for cutting sections for transmission electron microscopy. A diamond cutting edge is used as very thin (typically 70 to 350 nm) sections have to be cut from cells embedded in a hard substrate (such as epoxy resin). The diamond knife is mounted into an ultramicrotome for the cutting process.
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Author Richard Wheeler ( Zephyris )

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23 January 2013