Re: dissolving cured epoxy


brian stahl wrote:
> Thank you all for your advice. I was considering using liquid
nitrogen
> to mechanically remove the epoxy, but there are some fine diameter
> holes in the plate that I am interested in that would still be filled
> with epoxy. Anyways, I explained the situation to the boss and he
said
> don't bother with the SEM.

I have had very good experience doing exactly what you propose with
epoxy mounted specimens. Methylene Chloride or Trichloroethylene
soaked overnight will do the trick. Usually after a couple hours the
epoxy will soften and swell that you can physically remove the specimen
and resoak in solvent to get the rest of the epoxy.

.

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