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Please read this instruction manual carefully and follow all installation, operating and safety guidelines.
NANO 1000T / FEMTO 1500
Polishing Head
CLASS 11 Polishing Procedures
5.11.11 Glass and Minerals
Glasses and minerals are generally fairly hard and have a tendency
to fracture. Proper specimen preparation requires that the damage
during specimen preparation be minimized, even as early as the
sectioning or cutting operation.
Abrasive/surface
Lubricant
FEMTO pressure
setting (psi)
Head / Wheel speed
Time
30 um DIAMAT diamond
suspension on CERMESH Metal
Mesh cloth
5-10 lbs
200/200 rpm
Until plane
9 um DIAMAT diamond on
POLYPAD polishing pad
5-10 lbs
200/200 rpm
3 minutes
3 um DIAMAT diamond on
TEXPAN polishing pad
SIAMAT
colloidal silica
5-10 lbs
200/200 rpm
3 minutes
0.05 micron NANOMETER
alumina on TRICOTE polishing
pad
5-10 lbs
100/100 rpm
1 minute
Alumino-silicate glass ceramic, 400X (Polarized
light) as polished
Slag, 100X (Polarized light), as polished condition