Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 12:40 MST
Subject: Printers, etc.
From: WPNASH@CC.UTAH.EDU
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John--
Thanks for the printer info. We just have an HP Paint Jet that has
failed. I think the cost of the thermal wax devices has been putting me off.
Maybe it is time to bite the bullet. We just got funds to convert our Kevex
EDS system to PGT so we can hook it up to the SUN (when we converted from the
DEC PDP-11 to the SUN we had to give up the Kevex link to the SX computer).
Your comment about the PGT hookup leaves me with an uneasy feeling. Oh well.
I analyze oxygen routinely in glasses and amphiboles (and i some
material science applications). I'm not persuaded yet that it is of any
advantage in anhydrous silicates - e.g. pyroxenes, olivines, etc. There is
no question in my mind that it is *the* way to go when analyzing glasses. It
provides a direct measure of the quality of the analysis and also an indication
of whether or not there may be a problem with Na loss. By the way, we have
analyzed over 16,000 glass shards in the last two years -- is automation
wonderful, or what??
Cheers, Bill