Abstract
A method is reported for the preparation of flat specimens (30 μm thick) of porous, brittle and low permeability materials and rocks for both optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The method, based on alternating embeddings in vacuum with epoxy resin and grindings with final polishing down to 0.25 μm alumina grain size, prevents the breaking of the glassy interconnections and fills with resin the majority of the bubbles and voids. It has been applied to the analysis of pumices sampled at Linosa, Sicily, which are glassy materials with inhomogeneities on a micro-scale and with a vesicular texture often not interconnected. The method has been successfully applied also to the preparation of various sedimentary rocks, synthetics, bones and biomaterials.
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