1. Faculty of Environment
  2. School of Earth and Environment
  3. Research and innovation
  4. Facilities
  5. Thin Section Workshop / Rock Polishing Laboratory

Thin Section Workshop / Rock Polishing Laboratory

  • Overview: Preparation of high quality optical and polished thin sections, polished blocks, doubly polished wafers, fluid inclusion wafers, grain mounts etc.
  • Contact name: Harri Williams, Thin Section Technician
  • Phone: +44 (0)113 343 5230
  • Email: j.h.wynwilliams@leeds.ac.uk

Equipment

Logitech LP 50 lapping machine, Buehler PetroThin Sectioning machine, 2 x Buehler Ecomet 250 Polisher Grinders 10’’ plate with Auto Met 250 heads. Various other saws, grinders and 2 x Syton polishers.

Applications

Optical and electron microscopy, laser ablation, cathodoluminesence etc.