PREPARATION OF THIN-SECTIONS OF NON-GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS

Thin-section preparation service for specialised materials, such as fossils, soils, cement, concrete and others.

Thin-section preparation for palaeontology, soil science, archaeology, architecture and construction, biology and health sciences

Materiales no geológicos

Thin-section preparation is not limited only to rocks and minerals but is also useful to study and assess a variety of materials. The main fields of application are listed below:

  • Edaphic material (e.g., unconsolidated soils and crusts)
  • Paleontological material (e.g., fossils and bones)
  • Medical and forensic material (e.g., bones and teeth)
  • Biological material
  • Ceramic and archaeological material
  • Building material (e.g., cement-concrete, mortar and cement)
  • Metals and metallographic specimens

escOrsa has machinery and advanced laboratory techniques for working with different special materials.

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