This reference set is designed to meet the needs of microscopists involved in fiber identification. It includes 100 prepared slides mounted in Meltmount 1.662. The following fiber groups are incorporated: Human, Animal, Natural, Man–Made, Asbestos-Related, Ceramic and Woods. The McCrone Fiber Reference Set may be of special use to criminalists, art conservators, and chemical microscopists.
Slides included:
1. Mongoloid head hair
2. Negroid head hair
3. Caucasoid head hair
4. Pheasant feather
5. Chicken feather
6. Goose down feather
7. Duck down feather
8. Rabbit
9. Alaskan Seal
10. Mink
11. Muskrat
12. Coyote
13. Raccoon
14. Beaver
15. Fox
16. Cat
17. Dog
18. Deer
19. Elk
20. Moose
21. Caribou
22. Bear
23. Cow
24. Horse
25. Hog
26. Alpaca
27. Camel
28. Llama
29. Vicuna
30. Goat
31. Mohair - Angora goat
32. Cashmere
33. Hibiscus
34. Flax
35. Cotton - natural
36. Mauritius Fiber
37. Straw - wheat
38. Wool
39. Leather
40. Silk - Wild
41. Silk - cultivated
42. Milkweed
43. Cattail
44. Spider web
45. Abaca
46. Coir
47. Cotton - mercerized woods
48. Kapok
49. Jute - coniferous
50. Hemp |
51. Sisal
52. Ramie
53. Raffia
54. Trichomes
55. Polyester - Dacron® delustered
56. Polyester - Kodel® bright
57. Polyester - Hollofil® 11F, Dupont Dacron
58. Polyurethane - Lycra®/Lycra
59. Polytetrafluore-thylene - Teflon®TFE
60. Polypropylene - Courlene®
61. Polypropylene - Spectra® 900 TM, Allied Corp.
62. Polyphenylene sulfide - Ryton® Phillips
63. Polyvinylchloride - Toyokalon® Japan
64. Polyamide - Antron®, (Nylon 66)
65. Polyamide Caprolan - Nylon 6
66. Polyamide - Nomex®, Nylon HT-1
67. Polyamide - Nylon 66, delustered
68. Carpet fiber with cross section
69. Acrylic - Acrilan® 16, 15 denier
70. Acrylic - Orlon® Type 42
71. Acrylic - Creslan® 68 bicomponent
72. Modacrylic - Teklan®
73. Modacrylic wig fiber - Dynel®, Union Carbide
74. Modacrylic paint brush fiber - Modex®
75. Viscose Rayon - tire yarn
76. Viscose Rayon - Tencel - Lyocell®
77. Viscose Rayon - high wet modulus, Lenzing
78. Cellulose acetate - Arnel®, bright
79. Cellulose triacetate - Tricel®
80. Polyethylene shredded
81. Kevlar
82. Glass Fiber
83. Carbon Fiber
84. Steel Wool, Fine
85. Anthophyllite
86. Chrysotile
87. Crocidolite
88. Amosite
89. Heated Amosite
90. Mineral Wool “Triton Kaowool”
91. Mineral Wool - Kynol
92. Mineral Wool (Rocktail)
93. Metallized plastic
94. Cerawool
95. Alumina fiber - Saffil®, ICI Americas
96. Fiber frax
97. Kaowool
98. Mechanical Softwood
99. Chemical Softwood (coniferous)
100. Chemical Hardwood (non-coniferous) |
McCrone Fiber Reference Set
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