Thin Section Preparation

Mineralogical specimens will be described in more detail below.

Thin section preparation. Thin section preparation thin section lab produces high quality polished thin sections for petrographic studies and thick sections for fluid inclusion studies for the industrial and academic sectors. Make sure the section is clean and free of grit or dirt. We offer tailor made training programs in all aspects of thin section preparation.

Place it on the hot plate. As such the majority of the equipment in the thin section lab is available for use by properly trained csm students. Move it around to expel bubbles and fully coat the section.

Mix up a small batch of epoxy and hardener. In this module we review two examples of modern thin section making procedures. For the purpose of this procedure the term thin section will refer to standard.

Scope this procedure covers any geologic thin sections prepared in ess division for the yucca mountain project ymp. If you have read the history of thin section preparation section 2 3 you should be already familiar with most of the process. Sections can be prepared from rock samples cores unconsolidated material gravels sands or cuttings.

This module provides an overview of equipment used for thin section preparation including manual polishing techniques. If you have completed readings and watched videos in section 2 4 you may already recognize the equipment described here. A thin sliver of rock is cut from the sample with a diamond saw and ground optically flat.

In optical mineralogy and petrography a thin section is a laboratory preparation of a rock mineral soil pottery bones even metal sample for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope electron microscope and electron microprobe. The production of thin sections is a multistep process which requires highly specialized equipment. This process is a simple one.