<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">thermomicroscopy</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>microscopy</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>HSM</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hot stage microscopy</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Analytical technique which combines properties of thermal analysis and microscopy to enable the solid state characterization of materials as a function of temperature. A sample substance is placed on a metal strip with a temperature gradient, a melting-point apparatus known as a Kofler bench, thereby revealing its thermal behavior at the temperature at that point when studied with a suitable polarized-light microscope. ]]></note></mads>