Zeiss Jena Amplival polarizing microscope

Artifact Number:

2018-184

Description

A Zeiss Jena Amplival polarizing microscope. This polarizing  microscope was used by AECL, and later CNL, personnel to obtain qualitative and quantitative analysis of  the materials extracted in drill cores from various sites under consideration for an underground repository for high level nuclear wastes. 

Details

Keywords:
waste storage; petrology; geology
Date:
~Late 1980s
Associated artifacts:
See artifacts 2018-181 to 2018-183.
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