Materials research, materials characterization
The Facilities for Materials Characterization provides equipment for use by materials researchers from academic, industry and government laboratories.
Materials characterization
- Aerospace and satellites
- Automotive
- Chemical industries
- Clean technology
- Energy
- Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
- Manufacturing and processing
- Mining, minerals and metals
- Ocean industries
Specialized labs and equipment
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Specialized lab |
Equipment |
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Scanning electron microscope |
30x to 500,000x in magnification; EDSfor elemental analysis and mapping; EBSD system for crystallographicinformation |
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Focused ion beam milling |
Materials preparation and microsampling; |
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Physical property of materials |
Rapid characterization of thermal, electrical and magnetic properties of materials |
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Differential scanning calorimeter |
Measures temperatures and heat flows associated with transitions in a material |
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Scanning thermal microscope |
Simultaneous thermal imaging and atomic force microscopy |
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FT-Raman spectrometer |
Observes vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a system |
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X-ray photoelectron spectrometer |
Surface analysis |
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource (NMR3) |
High-field solid-state NMR spectrometer |
Study of solid state material |
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Hot Press |
Simultaneous compression and heating of specimens |
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GrindoSonic |
Measures elastic properties in materials |
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Motion recorder/analyzer |
High-speed camera and PCI board for image display, control and processing |