FTIR Microscopy
Speciating contaminants in everyday products, from food and beverages to crime scenes, from building materials to aviation fuel, understanding the composition of errant particles is key to determining the source and solving the reason they ended up in places they weren’t meant to be! Microanalysis Australia is keen to announce the addition of an FTIR […]
ACA and SCAA Laboratory Tour
On Wednesday 1st November, Microanalysis held a special information evening for the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) and Surface Coating Association Australia (SCAA) professional associations. Pulling everyone away from the tasty nibbles and drinks, the 12 members had a guided tour of the Laboratory to learn a little of what Microanalysis Australia is up to in […]
Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry for Determining Chloride Concentration Profiles in Concrete
Liam Holloway1 and Nimue Pendragon2 1Principal Engineer, MEnD Consulting 2Lead Consulting Scientist, Microanalysis Australia Abstract: Assessing the condition or durability performance of existing reinforced concrete infrastructure can involve a broad range of investigation techniques. Investigations during the life of the structure can be used to inform the asset management process. A typical test reg […]
Customisable Mineral Liberation
From lithium to heavy metals, Microanalysis offers customisable mineral liberation and association analysis for ores and concentrates of all kinds. Complementary to our petrographic capabilities, Microanalysis can analyse a range of particulate sizes up to 3 mm and provide additional manual analysis for particles >3 mm. INCA Mineral by Oxford Instruments (product information available here) […]
Petrographic Analysis & Thin Sectioning
Thin sections are 30 µm (0.03 mm) thick slices of rock, minerals, concrete, mortar, or other materials that are mounted to a glass microscope slide with epoxy and topped with a glass coverslip. They are typically analysed by geologists and petrographers by using a petrographic microscope (sometimes referred to as a polarizing light microscope). Petrographic […]
