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Plastic Microspheres Under the Microscope

Plastic Microspheres

These particles are from an environmental tapelift collected in a office building where there was a high volume of carbonless paper forms. These spheres have a refractive index less than 1.48 as shown by the shadowing opposite the light source.

Transmitted Crossed Linear Polarized Light with a Red Plate Compensator

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