Our Research Facilities
Our Characterisation Laboratory:
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Environmental SEM with EDX add-on, -30C to 1500C
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Rheometer and viscometer
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FTIR Spectrometer
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Particle Size analyser
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Vacuum & high-temperature furnaces
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1700C Microwave Furnace - inert gas control
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2kn Tensile tester, compression, and 3-pint flexural machine
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Full metallurgical and optical microscopes
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Stereo microscopes and digital magnifiers
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Densitometer
Preparations, NDT, and Metrology
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FPI line, UT tester, Nikon Digital X-ray unit (160kv), Industrial Borescopes
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Automated Nikon L100 3D scanner, Mitutoyo CMM
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Mitutoyo Surface Roughness measurer, UT thickness measurer
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Magnetic, High Shear, and Dual Asymmetric Centrifugal mixers
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Ambient-controlled high-temperature sintering furnace - Normal and UV ovens, and an Autoclave
Our Other characterization capabilities
through research partners:
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Thermogravimetric, Thermomechanical, and Dilatometry analysis
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Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
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Scanning electron microscope & Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
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Many others
