Usage of articles with techniques and method names

冠詞の使い方
Usage of articles (a/an/the) in technique and method names

Technique or method names such as “microscopy” and “spectroscopy” are uncountable nouns and do not take articles. However, equipment names such as “microscope” and “spectroscope” will take articles.

That is,
Incorrect: After identifying the locations of the spots, we removed the glass cover and examined the cathode surface using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Correct: After identifying the locations of the spots, we removed the glass cover and examined the cathode surface using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Correct: After identifying the locations of the spots, we removed the glass cover and examined the cathode surface using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

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