Stylus Profilometry Compared to Scanning Electron Microscopy (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Stylus Profilometry Compared to Scanning Electron Microscopy

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The stylus needle is too blunt to measure the small-scale features that matter for friction. The SEM can resolve these fine features.

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