Leitz 12 Pol S fluorescence microscope

Artifact Number:

2018-183

Description

A Leitz 12 Pol S fluorescence microscope.  This fluorescence microscope was used by AECL, and later CNL, personnel to study and identify the minerals 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, 2018-183 and 2018-184.
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