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... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Replica Techniques > Freeze Fracturing
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Replica Techniques > Freeze Fracturing
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Replica Techniques > Freeze Fracturing
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Replica Techniques > Freeze Fracturing

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Freeze Fracturing  

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Note

  • do not confuse with FREEZE ETCHING (wherein no cryoprotectant is used)

Scope note

  • Preparation for electron microscopy of minute replicas of exposed surfaces of the cell which have been ruptured in the frozen state. The specimen is frozen, then cleaved under high vacuum at the same temperature. The exposed surface is shadowed with carbon and platinum and coated with carbon to obtain a carbon replica.

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