Thin sectioning and surface replication of ice at low temperature.
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Abstract
We have developed a new technique for making thin sections and surface replicas of ice at temperatures well below 273 K. Cyanoacrylate glue forms a strong bond with ice and glass at 245 K, eliminating the need to fix the sample to the thin-section slide by melting and freezing. Surface replicas are made by melting away sample material once the glue has cured. Glue replicas are permanent and highly detailed, making them suitable for microstructural and textural studies at room temperature. Thin sections glued with cyanoacrylate glue are comparable in quality to melted-on sections. The ability to make thin sections without melting sample material is important in textural and microstructural studies of ice deformed at low temperatures because of annealing effects we have observed during conventional section making.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Thin sectioning and surface replication of ice at low temperature. |
| Series title | Journal of Glaciology |
| DOI | 10.3189/S0022143000006031 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 105 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 248 |
| Last page | 250 |
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