Petrographic Thin Sections

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Petrographic thin sections. Standard thin section dimensions are 24x46 mm. Rock thin sections petrographic thin section preparation rock thin section preparation of mgo cr brick. The sample is attached with universal specimen vices to the geoform and.

When a laboratory prepares a rock mineral fossil concrete or various other samples for analysis by cutting a slender section this is known as a thin section. In optical mineralogy and petrography a thin section or petrographic thin section is a laboratory preparation of a rock mineral soil pottery bones or even metal sample for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope electron microscope and electron microprobe. Whether its lab work for geologists students archaeologists or soil scientists we can provide your petrography needs as you look through the site please note that we keep our pricing and turnaround times easy to understand and straight forward.

When you re about to cut samples on the geoform it is best that they. Usually the laboratory uses a diamond saw to cut a section 0 03 mm thick though it can create thinner or thicker sections as necessary. At quality thin sections we pride ourselves on delivering high quality thin sections polished sections and affordable lab work all within your timetable.

Cutting grinding specimens with the geoform. Add 1 50 for us to cut the billet from hand sample. Final thickness of the sample is typically 30 microns however various thicknesses may be requested.

3 x2 thin sections are also available for larger samples.