Analytical Instruments
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Institute Of Applied Materials and South African Research Chair in Carbon Technology and Materials Equipment List
| Supplier | Instrument |
|---|---|
| AMS Laboratory Technologies | TA Instruments TMA Q400 |
| AMS Laboratory Technologies (Pfeiffer: Air and Vacuum Technologies) | TA Instruments Simultaneous DSC-TGA SDT Q600 fitted with Pfeiffer vacuum ThermostarTM Gas analysis system Mass Spectrometer (Up to 1500 °C) |
| Microsep | Mettler Toledo Stare TGA/SDTA (Up to 1500 °C) |
| LAS (Life and Analytical Sciences) | Perkin Elmer TGA 4000 interfaced with Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100S FTIR via Perkin Elmer Redshift TG-IR (Up to 1000 °C) |
| LAS (Life and Analytical Sciences) | Perkin Elmer DMA 8000 (Up to 600 °C) |
| Shimadzu | Shimadzu DTA 50 (Up to 1500 °C) |
| ALS (Advanced laboratory solutions) | Anton Paar Rheometer Physica MCR301 with 600 °C furnace |
| SMM | Leica optical microscope DM 2500 M with Cambridge ??? hot stage shear cell (up to ?? °C) |
| Poretech | Micromeritics Accupyc II 1340 gas pycnometer |
| Poretech | Micromeritics Geopyc 1360 Envelope and T.A.P. Density Analyser |
| Mixing equipment | |
| Lenton | LabPlant laboratory Spray Dryer (Model SD Basic) |
| UNW | Twin screw TX28P 28 mm 18 L/D compounder |
| Dayton | Ribbon Blender |
| Apollo Scientific cc | Buehler Alpha 2 speed grinder-polisher |
| Jones | Industrial mixer |
| Jones | Z-Blade mixer |
| Silverson L4RT high shear mixer | |
| Furnaces and ovens | |
| Thermal Technologies INC | 2 x 2800 °C Graphitising furnaces |
| Russet | Large furnace Specify maximum temperature |
| Vulcan | Induction Furnace Specify maximum temperature |
| Protea | High Temperature furnace Specify maximum temperature |
| Protea | Tube furnace horizontal Specify maximum temperature |
| PFE | Tube furnace vertical Specify maximum temperature |
| Various ovens | |
| Comminution equipment | |
| Netzsch | Netzsch LME stirred disk mill |
| Lenton | Ball Mill |
| Presses and moulding equipment | |
| ???? | Injection moulder (????) |
| A.P. Design | Hydraulic Press |
| Others | |
| Beckman | Centrifuge |
| Vertex | Pressure Vessel |
| Vertex | Hydraulic press |
| ???? | QUV weathering tester with A340 UV lamps |
The following instruments are available:
- Anton Paar 301 high temperature (600 °C) rheometer with dynamic capability and normal force measurement to determine the viscoelastic behaviour of carbon precursor materials during transformation to solid carbon. The instrument will also be used for food science and polymer research and is available for the study of colloidal and nanodispersions. It will be managed by the carbon group personnel.
- TA Instruments DSC-TGA SDT Q600 Thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) with 1500 °C capability fitted with a Pheiffer vacuum Thermostar MS mass spectrometer for chemical analysis of volatile species and with simultaneous differential thermal analysis (DTA).
- TA Instruments TMA Q400 Thermo-mechanical analyser (TMA) (1000 °C) for the expansion, softening and in dynamic mode rudimentary visco-elastic characterisation of materials.
- Perkin Elmer DMA 8000 dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA) for the detailed measurement of viscoelastic behaviour of materials.
- Micromeretics Accupyc Helium pycnometer for determination of solid density of porous materials
- Micromeretics Geopyc pycnometer.
- Leica optical microscope DM 2500M with Optical microscope with a Linkham CSS 450 hot stage shear cell
- Diamond saw sample cutting and Buehler Alpha grinder polisher
