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Polishing
Facility: |
Polishing |
Staff: |
Francis Hendron, Noel McGinley, Cora McKenna, Maura Morgan. |
Location |
Technicians labs, Museum Building, TCD |
Activities supported: |
- Vacuum impregnation
- Sample staining
- Preparation of thin sections (50 x 25 mm) of required thickness (ca. 30-200 μm) with or without cover slip
- Preparation of polished rock samples up to 30cm diameter.
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Equipment |
- Firstreem Vacuum Temperature controlled oven
- Fixed Jigs at 70 C Degrees
- Precision lapping equipment (LP 40, 1PM51-1 Logitech polisher)
- Vibro lap
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Note: |
Internal use only, discuss requirements with technical staff |