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The Scanning Electron Microscope
A site for children explaining how the scanning electron microscope works, and showing some images of objects.
An Introduction to AES
Auger Electron Spectroscopy is a popular technique for determining the composition of the top few layers of a surface.
VSEPR help page
The valence shell electron pair repulsion model to predict structures of molecules and ions
Selection Rules for Electron Transitions
Simple exploration of the relativistic energy equation. Part of a larger site which includes many definitions and links.
The Large Electron Positron Collider - LEP
A good simple page with diagrams explaining this facility, one of the largest particle accelerators ever constructed, which has now been replaced by the LHC.
How the SEM works
Describes how a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) works, has a library of images and demonstrations for teachers to use.