The focus of the Microscopy & Fiber Analysis group is problem solving through the micro-characterization of pulp, paper, coatings, and mill materials. Our laboratories are equipped with compound and stereo light microscopes, digital video and image analyzers, and scanning electron microscopes with elemental analysis (EDS). Services include fiber analysis and fiber measurement, paper texture and internal structure documentation, and the characterization of contaminants and defects. EDS and x-ray diffraction can be used to identify fillers and coating pigments in paper, as well as smelts, dregs, grits, scales, and liquor solids.
