RSK Petrography

We specialise in petrographic analysis of various materials, including concrete, mortar, plaster, aggregate, building stone, and ceramic building material.

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

No photomics for this #thinsectionThursday because we are working flat out to finish a huge batch. It's Too-Many-Thin-Sections-Thursday today.

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

We're recruiting! We have need of a petrographer. See the attached job advert for details.
#petrography #thinsections #concrete #Microscopy

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[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Just popping in on this #ThinSectionThursday to say the #Petrography team is still working, supporting the construction industry with #concrete analysis. One person in each lab at a time!

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Alkali-silica gel is a problem for the concrete, but always makes for interesting images. It's fun to find, but a shame to see. #ThinSectionThursday #concrete
#petrography

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

We missed #ThinSectionThursday because we wanted to save this for #ValentinesDay. A heart-shaped void is not at all symbolic.

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

26 June 2020 - Save the date for the SCI conference 'Materials Deterioration in Historic Structures' and hear us talk about this building. To register your interest, visit this link:
https://t.co/HjzoJeFHqo @RSKGroup @SCIupdate

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Another #ThinSectionThursday two-fer. This one is ASR gel in old concrete, shown in PPL and at higher mag in XPL. It's sad news for the concrete, but a somewhat exciting surprise for #petrographers to see so much of it at once.

[The Concrete Society @ukConcrete]

November’s 'Concrete' includes a piece from @RSKPetrography, which discusses the site and laboratory techniques used to preserve concrete marine structures.
https://t.co/SbGzkcZdog
#concrete #construction

[Stephenson Halliday @RSKLandscape]

Throughout November we'll be posting some of our favourite trees from our travels. Here is Patrick in front of Rikusho-no-Matsu, a 600yr old pine tree which is tailored to the shape of a sailing boat. It's facing west, meaning people could ride the boat to the western pure land.

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Happy Halloween #petrographers! Here's a friendly ghost for #ThinSectionThursday (full disclosure, we've posted this one before, but it seemed fiar today of all days)

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🤝RSK is delighted to announce that we are now a @WaspsRugby official partner!

The RSK logo will sit proudly on the front of the Wasps shirt throughout the 2019/2020 season. More to follow #wasps

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

It's not all fun and #concrete around here. We get to identify sand aggregates, too. #ThinSectionThursday

[RSK Biocensus @RSKBiocensus]

Our aquatic ecologist vacancy is now live - more details at https://t.co/YVQFfh6UTq
@IFMFish @theriverstrust @freshwaterbio @CIWEM @CIEEMnet
#aquatic #Ecology #job #vacancy #fish #rivers #freshwater @RSKGroup

[RSK Biocensus @RSKBiocensus]

Watch this space for news about an imminent opportunity to join our expanding #aquatic #Ecology team @IFMFish @CIWEM @RSKGroup @theriverstrust @BristolAvonRT @freshwaterbio #fish #ecology #rivers #freshwater

[RSK @RSKGroup]

RSK’s 3,500+ employees are uniting in a company-wide mission to end mental health discrimination. Every employee will get the chance to sign 1 of 8 Time to Change puzzle pieces before they are brought together next month https://t.co/VrlEAaTz7A

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Happy #ThinSectionThursday #petrographers Organic material makes for some really nice images in thin section. There's plenty of animal hair in this sample, but did we manage to catch the follicle here? #historicplaster

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Was surprised to see such a massive growth of gypsum in this render sample. We were warned it was possible, but didn't expect this much. #ThinSectionThursday #HistoricRender

[RSK @RSKGroup]

Dee Caffari will be in #London next week for 'An evening with Dee Caffari', the @SES_explore charity event The record-breaking yachtwoman & inspirational conservationist will share her fascinating story & experiences @deecaffari #adventure #sailing https://t.co/i7VGvaCnee

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RSK’s George Tuckwell is delighted to have arrived in #Boston ahead of #QuantumTech tomorrow! Don’t miss his talk on ‘Practical, commercial applications of Quantum sensing tools’ @QuantumTech_ https://t.co/UAqxuOdosK

[RSK Petrography @RSKPetrography]

Alkali-silica reaction is one of the things we look for in concrete samples. This one was clearly suffering, with ASR gel in the cracks and voids. #ThinSectionThursday