Materials Characterization

Available Instruments


  • TGA - Thermogravimetric Analysis

Equipment

Thermogravimetric Analyzer Setaram Labsys EVO. This equipment works in the temperature range between room temperature and 1600 °C, the heating and cooling speeds are between 0,01 an 100 °C / min. Weighing precision of +/-0,01%.

Samples

Homogenous solid or liquid samples with a minimum of 10 mg.

  • DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Equipment

DSC 131, Setaram, France.

This equipment works in the temperature range between  -150° and +550 °C, the heating and cooling speeds between 0,001 and 50°C / min. The sign of heat flux ranges from  -100 to +100 mW and the resolution is ± 0,2 μW.

Samples

Homogenous solid or liquid samples with a minimum of 10 mg.

  • XRPD - X-Ray Powder Difraction

Equipment

Benchtop X-Ray Diffractometer RIGAKU, model MiniFlex II with:

Cu X-ray tube (30KV/15 mA) Scanning range: 3~ +145° (2θ)

Scanning speed: 0,01~ +100°/min (2θ)

Minimum step width: 0,01° (2θ).

Samples

Samples in dry powder form and homogeneous. The samples should be supplied in sufficient amount to cover 2 cm2 of the sample plate.

  • FT-IR - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Equipment

FT-IR Spectrometer, Perkin-Elmer - Spectrum Two.

Samples

Liquids or dry solids.

  • MIP - Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry

Equipment

Mercury porosimeter Micromeritics Autopore IV 9500.

Sample

Dry solids. The block-shaped materials have to be adaptable to the 3, 5 or 15 cm3 penetrometers. Samples cannot form amalgams with mercury.  


  • ASAP - Gas Porosimetry - Nitrogen

Equipment

Gas porosimeter Micromeritics ASAP 2010 (Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System).

Sample

Dry solids. Must be delivered at least 100 mg of sample.

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