Floor Treatment

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Below are images of tile treated to avoid slipping on tiled wet floor.

Problem: Floor tile was placed by homeowner in kitchen not realizing how slippery it could be when wet. With a swimming pool right outside the kitchen, it was not seldom that people with wet feet walked on the tiled area and had a few close calls on slipping and falling. Solution: Chemical etching to reduce the tile's sleakness without changing the look of the tile and avoiding the homeowner to have to replace tiled floor. Testing: Followed the container's intructions. Observed tile under the SEM using secondary electron imaging to show the morphology and topography of sample. Results: The tile's grains are more visible after the etching. No damage to the tile from the solution is observed. The treated tile has been colorized just for fun.
	Before treatment

	After treatment	Colorized with Photoshop

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