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In optical mineralogy and petrography, a thin section (or petrographic thin section) is a thin slice of a rock or mineral sample, prepared in a laboratory, for use with a polarizing petrographic microscope, electron microscope and electron microprobe. A thin sliver of rock is cut from the sample with a diamond saw and ground optically flat. It is then…
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The extracted context around Thin section shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Thin section → Differing, Dislocation, Quartz, Since Another extracted example is Thin section → Canada, Fine-grained, Lochseitenkalk. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 12 structured relationships around Thin section. Examples in this analysis include Canada balsam → instance of → An ordinary 30 μm thin section is prepared as described above but the slice of rock is attached to the glass slide using a soluble cement and the Lochseitenkalk mylonite in which the matrix grains are less than 5 μm in size → instance of → This technique has been used to study the microstructure of fine-grained carbonates. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada balsam | instance of | An ordinary 30 μm thin section is prepared as described above but the slice of rock is attached to the glass slide using a soluble cement | 0.80 | text |
| the Lochseitenkalk mylonite in which the matrix grains are less than 5 μm in size | instance of | This technique has been used to study the microstructure of fine-grained carbonates | 0.80 | text |
| Thin section | related to Description | PPL | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Description | XPL | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Determining provenance | Dislocation | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Determining provenance | Since | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Determining provenance | Differing | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Determining provenance | Quartz | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Other distinguishing features | Minerals | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Ultra-thin sections | Fine-grained | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Ultra-thin sections | Canada | 0.60 | section |
| Thin section | related to Ultra-thin sections | Lochseitenkalk | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Thin section bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Thin, Light and Rock. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Thin section, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Thin section with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Thin section to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Gallery, Quartz in thin section & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Thin section · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout