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  Record grooves under an electron microscope
These almost look like a surface on an alien planet. Pretty cool...

http://www.synthgear.com/2010/audio-gear/record-grooves-electron-microscope/
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02-22-10
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02-22-10   Under such condition, the lp good sound produced by a cartri ...   Audiolui

02-22-10   Very cool. i pity the poor styli! that's quite a bumpy rid ...   Mapman

02-22-10   That's very interesting. i would love to see some electron p ...   Donaudio

02-22-10   I fantasize about record repairing nano-bots that you could ...   Elizabeth

02-22-10   "record repairing nano-bots": like super micro ve ...   Mofimadness

02-22-10   Only on star trek: the next generation.   Gslone

02-22-10   Awesome, simply awesome... thanks mofimadness! the cleaning ...   Istanbulu

02-23-10   I'm with donaudio. this is the tool to use to evaluate diff ...   Td160

02-23-10   The "magnified further still" link is funny.   Dusty

02-23-10   Cheapest electron microscpe used $25,000 but for a good used ...   Elizabeth

02-23-10: Mapman
Are the grooves really that small?

Electron microscopes are certainly the cutting edge, but maybe other more accessible kinds of microscopes or magnification devices could produce similar images for evaluation if one were interested enough to try?

according to wikipedia:

"The (electron) microscope has a greater resolving power (magnification) than a light-powered optical microscope, because it uses electrons that have wavelengths about 100,000 times shorter than visible light (photons), and can achieve magnifications of up to 1,000,000x, whereas light microscopes are limited to 1000x magnification."

I think 1000X magnification would do it well for record groove details.

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02-23-10   I have access to an electron microscope at work and would be ...   Mhedges

02-23-10   Sem is commonly used in semiconductor, sample prep with gold ...   Semi

02-23-10   What a cool link/thread mofi! thanks for posting it!   Srwooten


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