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Students learn to use a scanning electron microscope (SEM)

February 2024 (approx.)

Detailed Description

HVO geologist Baylee McDade shows students from the UHH petrology class how to use the scanning electron microscope (SEM) to analyze minerals. Research in the SEM lab helps HVO and UHH to better understand how and why volcanoes in Hawai‘i erupt. USGS photo by Lis Gallant, public domain. 

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Public Domain.