Polishing

Polishing equipment Geology.

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.

Equipment

  • Firstreem Vacuum Temperature controlled oven
  • Fixed Jigs at 70 C Degrees
  • Precision lapping equipment (LP 40, 1PM51-1 Logitech polisher)
  • Vibro lap

Note

Internal use only, discuss requirements with technical staff