Compensator
any variety of optical devices that can be placed in the light path of a polarized light microscope to introduce known, fixed or variable retardation in a specific vibration direction; the retardation and sign of elongation of the fiber can then be determined.
Committee
Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E2228-23a Standard Guide for Microscopical Examination of Textile Fibers. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2023.
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