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Analyzing materials in the microscopes: From the Sorby thin sections up to the non-destructive large chambers

Garcia-Guinea, J; Garrido, F; Lopez-Arce, P; Tormo, L; Jorge, A; Furio, M; Paradela, C; (2016) Analyzing materials in the microscopes: From the Sorby thin sections up to the non-destructive large chambers. In: Al-Kamli, A and Can, N and Souadi, GO and Fadhali, M and Mahdy, A and Mahgoub, M, (eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth Saudi International Meeting on Frontiers of Physics (SIMFP2016). (pp. 020002:1-020002:8). American Institute of Physics (AIP) Green open access

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Abstract

One hundred and sixty five years ago, Henry Clifton Sorby developed a revolutionary technique to prepare thin and polished sections of rocks and minerals to be observed by transmission and reflectance in the optical polarized light microscopes. Nowadays, Sorby's methods are still employed for near all inorganic materials with scarce modifications. The optical microscopy subject is essential for rocks analysis; it is an irreplaceable technique for specific complex samples, such as twinned-exsolved feldspars and it must be preserved in the geosciences curriculum. However, for many valuable and common specimens we observe a strong growing of non-destructive techniques coupled to the large chambers of modern microscopes including new chemical, molecular, luminescent, metrical, imaging and structural probes. Suitable explanations for the thin sections decreasing in research laboratories could be: (i) the undesirable cutting of the specimen; (ii) the contamination of surfaces by abrasives and glues; (iii) the etching with dangerous acids; (iv) the slow and painful works of cutting, grinding and polishing specimens; (v) the necessary protection of valuable specimens, (vi) the need for immediate analytical results.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Analyzing materials in the microscopes: From the Sorby thin sections up to the non-destructive large chambers
Event: SIMFP2016, Fifth Saudi International Meeting on Frontiers of Physics, 16–18 February 2016, Gizan, Saudi Arabia
ISBN-13: 9780735413993
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1063/1.4953121
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953121
Language: English
Additional information: This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10047339
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