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[[File:1greendirty 03.JPG|thumb|Dust and dirt appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

Presented below are images of a fiber segment that had been processed and bent according to procedures discontinued or updated by January 2015. These procedures included cleaning with solvents, temporarily bundling with velcro straps, labeling with sticky tags, and straightening and bending with heat and hot water.  Additionally, these fibers may have been exposed to glue and/or paint.  In the time between their handling and these images, they were handled as scraps; therefore, it is hard, if not impossible, to attribute their damage to previous handling procedures.  However, examining their scratches and markings provides insight into their susceptibility to damage.

[[File:1greendirty 14.JPG|thumb|Lengthwise cracking and fibers appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

Figure 1 exhibits dust from the environment and rubber from the researcher's gloves.  There appears to be a slight film over the waveguide, which might be from a combination of normal dust and humidity.  [[File:1greendirty 03.JPG|thumb|Figure 1: Dust and dirt appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

[[File:1pinkdirty 02.JPG|thumb|Dust and dirt appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

[[File:1greendirty 06.JPG|thumb|center|Figure 2: Dust and dirt appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

[[File:1pinkdirty 07.JPG|thumb|Dust and residue appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

[[File:1greendirty 08.JPG|thumb|center|Figure 3: Lengthwise cracking and fibers appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

[[File:1pinkdirty 09.JPG|thumb|Dust and residue appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]

 

 

 

[[File:1pinkdirty 09.JPG|thumb|center|Figure 7: Dust and residue appearing on clear waveguide.  (MFR Saint Gobain BCF-98).]]