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SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS ERNEST F. FULLAM, IMG. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY DIFFRACTION MICROPROBE ANALYSIS P. O. B O X 4 4 4 S C H E N E C T A D Y . N E W Y O R K 1 2 3 0 1 5 1 8 / 7 8 5 - 5 5 3 3 O c to b e r 16, 1973 M r. Ray R. K ram m es M anager-T echnical Services W hittaker, C lark and D aniels, Inc. 1000 C oolidge S treet South P lainfield, New J e rs e y 07080 D ear Ray: R e f r R e q u e s t f o r q u o ta tio n , O c to b e r 11, 1973 R e g a r d i n g y o u r teilephone c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h E r n i e o n O c t o b e r 11 a n d y o u r subsequent correspondence, we a re definitely in tere ste d in analyzing ta lc sa m p le s fo r a s b e s to s . O ur c h a rg e fo r this w o rk would be $50. 00 p er sam ple, based on the official p ro c ed u re d escribed in the F e d e ra l R e g is te r (v. 38, no. 183, pg. 27080). T he r e s u lts would be d e s c rib e d in t e r m s of two p a r a m e te r s : the n u m b e r of c h ry so lite f ib e r s /m g . and the n u m b e r of am phibole ty p e fib e r s /m g . As you know, it is often difficult to prove the identity of fibrous m ateria l by light m icroscopy, p a rtic u la rly if two or m o re p a rtic le s have n early identical refractive indices o r a re not clearly resolved at a m agnification of 430 t i m e s . E l e c tr o n m i c r o s c o p y and d iffr a c tio n of th e s u s p e c t p a r tic le s m a y be re q u ire d to p o sitiv e ly identify sp e c ific types of a s b e s to s . T h e re would be an additional ch arg e of $100 p e r sam ple for the electro n optical c h a ra c te riz a tio n of p a r tic le s in e a c h sa m p le (qualitative in fo rm a tio n only). It w as good to h ear fro m you again, and to find th at you are still involved w ith m icroscopy. D rop m e a note if you have tim e. W ith b est reg ard s, ER N EST F . FU LLA M , INC. R E S :jb c __________ R ich ard E. Stevens S c i e n t i s t __________' __________ EXHIBIT WCD-120 LABORATORY AND O FFICE 9 00 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD LATHAM. NEW YORK