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Scots pine

Transverse section of Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) showing the latewood portion of the growth ring. This surface shows latewood tracheids (transportation and structural cells) and also part of a ray (cells for storage of food substances).

 

EDX spot analysis of this wood sample using Oxford Instrument's INCA Energy shows a small chlorine peak, which results from treatment of the wood with a preservative.

The sample charges excessively unless carbon coated. Other types of coating cannot be used due to the very low levels of chlorine used in the preservative, with which the wood is treated.

The specimen was coated using a CC7650 SEM carbon coater

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