Thin Section Lab on Fo'c's'le Deck
Overview
The Thin Section lab contains equipment for sample preparation of lithified and nonlithified materials for microscopy and microanalytical analysis (e.g. SEM-EDS). Thin section lab technicians are equipped to prepare core material in a wide variety of preparations, including but not limited to thin sections, polished thin sections, and grain mounts. Protocols for thin section creation vary depending on material, and can be done by hand (Buehler MetaServ 250) or through a largely automated process (Logitech LP-50 lapping machine).
Instruments
- Buehler Petrothin thin section cutting blade and cup wheel
- Logitech LP-50 lapping machine
- Logitech PM-5 precision polishing and lapping machine
- Beuhler MetaServ 250 grinder/polisher
- Kemet Kemvac vacuum impregnator
- Zeiss petrographic microscope
Thin section Request
Manuals
Flattening Thin Section Billets
Bonding Billets to Frosted Slide
Cutting Billets with PetroThin
How Disassemble the Logitech Jigs
Carbonate Staining with Alizarin Red
Dickson 1965_Nature_Carbonate staining for thin sections
Archived Manuals
FlatteningThinSectionBillets 2020.pdf
BondingBilletstoFrostedSlides 2020.pdf
CuttingBilletswithPetroThin 2020.pdf
POLISHINGSAMPLESONPM5 2020.pdf
EndofExpeditionCleanup 2020.pdf
QuickGuideTSLaserEngraver 2020.pdf
HOWTOTAKEAPARTTHELOGITECHJIGS 2020.pdf
CarbonateStainingwithAlizarinRed 2020.pdf