Microanalysis Is Moving
We are on the move…. We have outgrown our much loved space in Victoria Park and have acquired a new property in East Perth. The move is taking place Friday, 22 July 2016. Our new laboratory is located at: 37 Kensington Street, East Perth Decommissioning of our instruments will take place on Thursday, 21 July 2016 […]
SEM Image Auction
Start your bidding… Microanalysis have pledged to support the Starlight Children’s Foundation who have been helping children and their families since 1988. These beautifully unique SEM images are being auctioned off by the team at Microanalysis. Professionally printed (12 inch x 12 inch) and framed they would make a stunning addition to your office or home, and […]
Forensic Analysis of Errant and Nuisance Particles
Many of us have been in the situation where we look at our car or our washing and wonder ‘just how did it get covered in that dirt?’ In most cases nuisance particles are just that, ‘a nuisance’, causing time and effort/cost to remove or clean. In some cases these same particles can be quite […]
Our PerkinElmer Spectrum Two IR Has Arrived
Microanalysis has recently acquired a Perkin Elmer Spectrum Two Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer, with both transmission and attenuated total reflectance (ATR) modules to assist in its materials analysis capabilities. For the ATR technique, a liquid or solid is placed on top of a diamond crystal, and exposed to an infrared beam, across a range […]
Asbestos Found In Children’s Crayons
News coverage¹ of asbestos fibres detected in children’s crayons this month may have come as a surprise to some in Australia but the contamination problem has been known for much longer. Back in August 2000, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in the USA² released a report detailing that asbestos fibres had been detected in […]
