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 […]
Feeling the love – Messages from the Telstra Business Awards Night
The Telstra Business Awards Night may be a distant memory for us now and the fuzzy heads have cleared, however we wanted to share with you all our messages of support from the evening. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of Microanalysis over the last 7 years. Congratulations on your achievements at the […]
The Australian Mining Review
Microanalysis recently appeared in an article in the September edition of The Australian Mining Review in the XRF & XRD Technology section. Thank you Jane Goldsmith for a great article about our team. Check out the article on page 74 The Australian Mining Review
Actinolite Asbestos and Cracker Dust
Are You Counting the Right Sized Fibres? Actinolite has commonly been acknowledged to be a less hazardous form of asbestos. But longitudinal studies show that shorter and thinner fibres may be just as hazardous – and that the fibre size might be too thin to be detected by standard optical techniques! Cracker dust (also known […]
The Unknown Sample
A complete unknown (How does it feel?) Blocked pipes? Scale buildup? Weird particulates? Interesting rocks? Mysterious dust? We can help you find out what it is and where it came from. Identifying an unknown sample is always an entertaining challenge. Without any idea of the origin of a sample, the first step is visually assessing the […]
