Sample Library

Explore materials and prepared specimens documented by the Breakerspace. Records may include sample photographs, characterization results, preparation notes, and connections to instruments in the lab. Availability reflects the current physical collection; documentation remains accessible when a specimen has been consumed, removed, or retained only as a reference record.

BS-000004 Available

Acrylic yarn

A ball of acrylic yarn is available to take pieces from for characterization on various instruments.

Class

Polymer

Form

Fiber

BS-000003 Documentation only

Diamond sharpening stone

Unused coarse diamond sharpening surface, showing sharp, angular diamond grains electroplated into a metallic matrix.

Class

Composite

Form

Commercially available sharpening tool

BS-000002 Available

Diatomaceous earth

Diatomaceous earth consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled microalgae. This sample is from commercially available pool filtration media.

Class

Mineral

Form

Powder

BS-000005 Available

Plastilina modeling clay

Plastilina modeling clay is used throughout the Breakerspace to fixture and support samples for X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, and, in some cases, scanning electro...

Class

Polymeric composite

Form

Malleable red clay, non-hardening

BS-000001 Documentation only

ion milled coffee bean

This green coffee bean was sliced and mechanically flattened, then slope-cut using the broad-beam ion mill. The low-magnification SEM image shows the original mechanically prepa...

Class

Biological

Form

Coffee bean, mechanically flattened then ion milled

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