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A Method of making Thin Sections from Friable Materials and its use in the Examination of Shales from the Coal Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. W. Fowler  and
J. Shirley
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During the investigation of certain water-soluble and porous materials it was necessary to produce thin sections showing their structure and crystal composition. Using water as a lubricant during the thinning of the sections the specimens tended to break up and essential constituents were lost through solution, while paraffin had a marked solvent action on the Canada balsam cement resulting in disintegration of the thin section and contamination by particles of carborundum.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 6 , December 1947 , pp. 354 - 359
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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