Microstructural Analysis

Equipped with a Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom XL G2 Desktop SEM and a Pace IM-5000 Inverted Metallurgical Optical Microscope, 

In addition to optical and metallographic microscopy, a Zeiss Xradia 520 x-ray tomography tool enables 3-dimensional reconstructions of materials with phase and absorption contrast for qualitative and quantitative microstructural analysis at a maximum resolution of 800nm.

The Inert Gas Fusion ONH (Bruker Galileo) , Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES) (Bruker TASMAN) , Q4 Tasman and Bruker D8 XRD add to the analysis tools at the lab.

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Thermophysical Properties

A suite of Netzsch thermophysical property analysis instruments. The DSC 404 F1 Pegasus differential scanning calorimeter enables thermal stability analysis and quantification of phase transitions. The DIL 402 Expedis Classic dilatometer measures coefficient of thermal expansion. The LFA 467 HT HyperFlash measures thermal diffusivity and conductivity.