- DSC
- LFA
- STA + GCMS
- Dilatometer
- High Temp Tube Furnace
- Roll Compactor
- Optical Microscope
- Stereo Microscope
- Grinding and Polishing
- Hot Mounting
Thermal Analysis
Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- Netzsch 404 F1 Pegasus DSC
- Pt furnace, RT to 1500°C
- Turbomolecular vacuum + high purity inert gasses
Laser Flash Analyzer
- Netzsch 427 Laser Flash Apparatus
- SiC furnace, RT to 1550°C
- Turbomolecular vacuum pump + high purity inert gasses
STA + GCMS
- Netzsch STA 449 F1 Simultaneous Thermal Analyser (differential scanning calorimetry + thermogravimetric analysis)
- SiC furnace RT to 1550°C
- Silver furnace -120 to 675°C
- In-line Agilent technologies 7820A gas chromatography + 5975 mass spectrometer for evolved gas analysis
Dilatometer
- Netzsch 402C Dilatometer
- SiC Furnace RT to 1500°C
- Turbomolecular vacuum pump + high purity gasses
High Temperature Tube Furnace
- Sentrotech 1600°C tube furnace
- PID programmable temperature control
- 3.5″ diameter alumina tube
Roll Compaction
Powder Roll Compactor
- Freund-Vector TFC-220
- Vertical hopper with screw feed
- Hydraulic controlled roll gap with adjustable roll force
- Options of smooth, ridged, and punch/die roller sets
Microstructural Analysis
Optical Microscope
- Zeiss Axiotech upright optical microscope
- Halogen light source
- 50x to 1000x magnification
Stereo Microscope
- Zeiss stereo microscope
- 6.5x to 50x magnification
Grinding and Polishing
- Struers Tegramin-20
- Semi-automatic specimen preparation system
Hot Mounting
- Struers Citopress-1
- Programmable automatic hot mounting press