For specimens where access is difficult, J Chadwick Co recommends using Microset® replicating compounds in conjunction with our optical depth measurement systems.
• Many grades are offered instead of just one grade. Microset® offers 12 standard grades; four for aerospace and industrial and eight for nuclear.They offer custom compounds as well.(Cure times, viscosity, and color are the most common variables in that order.) • An advanced delivery system is provided, not just “a stick and a scrap of cardboard”. Microset® offers delivery systems for industrial, not dental applications.The dispensing guns use custom mixing nozzles, with 32 instead of 24 “folds”, because complete mixing is critical.Other products are mixed by hand with a “stick on piece of cardboard”. • Microset® is strictly industrial and not dental compound. The phrase: “for replication of metal surfaces” is printed on Microset® cartridges, and the website shows industrial applications ONLY; with no dental context or reference whatsoever.
• Microset® compounds are engineered to leave no harmful residues on specimens under study. Some replication compounds contain harmful chemicals that can damage the specimen under study.Over the years, Microset® has worked closely with the nuclear industry, and has removed undesirable elements and fillers.Some chemicals which are still present by necessity have been reduced to minimal or trace levels, as dictated by customer requirements. • Microset® has eliminated “clear surface layer” issues that can compromise accurate analysis. Microset® compounds are designed for macro and micro (sub-micron) microscopic examination.As a result, they exhibit no clear or translucent surface layer.Products which do exhibit a clear-layer effect are problematic because it is difficult to determine whether a microscope is focused on the top or bottom of the ambiguous clear layer.
