Research Facilities Available

Instruments 

TA Instruments TMA Q400

TA Instruments Simultaneous DSC-TGA SDT Q600 fitted with Pfeiffer vacuum ThermostarTM Gas analysis system Mass Spectrometer (Up to 1500 °C)

Mettler Toledo Stare TGA/SDTA (Up to 1500 °C)

Perkin Elmer TGA 4000 interfaced with Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100S FTIR via Perkin Elmer Redshift TG-IR (Up to 1000 °C)

Perkin Elmer DMA 8000 (Up to 600 °C)

Shimadzu DTA 50 (Up to 1500 °C)

Anton Paar Rheometer Physica MCR301 with 600 °C furnace

Leica optical microscope DM 2500 M with Linkham CSS 450 hot stage shear cell

Micromeritics Accupyc II 1340 gas pycnometer

Micromeritics Geopyc 1360 Envelope and T.A.P. Density Analyser

Mixing Equipment

LabPlant laboratory Spray Dryer (Model SD Basic)

Twin screw TX28P 28 mm 18 L/D compounder

Ribbon Blender

Buehler Alpha 2 speed grinder-polisher

Industrial mixer

Z-Blade mixer

Silverson L4RT high shear mixer

Furnaces and Ovens

2 x 2800 °C Graphitising furnaces

Induction Furnace (maximum temp 2200 °C)

High Temperature furnace (maximum temp 1200 °C)

Tube furnace horizontal (maximum temp 1200 °C)

Tube furnace vertical (maximum temp 1000 °C)

Various ovens and furnaces

Communition Equipment

Netzsch LME stirred disk mill

Ball Mill

Presses and Moulding Equipment

Injection moulder

Hydraulic Press 80 Ton 400 °C

Others

Centrifuge

Pressure Vessel

Hydraulic press

QUV weathering tester with A340 UV lamps

Analytical

PerkinElmar Spectrum 100 FTIR

PerkinEkmar Lambda UV-VIS-NIR

Spectro-Acros ICP-OES