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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.

Kerr Effect

A: The dark particle in the center is a metal wear particle. B: The black circles in this image are magnetite spheres. C: Metal fretting wear particles. D: Pencil graphite showing the narrow Kerr effect halos. The bright particles are the clay matrix associated with the graphite in pencil graphite.

Transmitted Crossed Polarized Light

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