Traditional tension and compression mechanical tests can be performed with a fully-computerized Instron Mechanical Testing System. Capabilities include:
 | 30 kN (6750 lbf) capacity |
| 1600 C split-tube furnace attachment |
| tension-compression-flexural capabilities |
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering maintains two identical state-of-the art Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs). The PicoSPM AFM unit is equipped for contact mode, tapping mode (both Acoustic and Magnetic AC modes) and pulsed force mode imaging. Samples can be imaged in air, under a controlled atmosphere (using an environmental chamber), in liquid and also at a controlled temperature(-30 to 170C). There are also two top-down scanners which allow scanning a maximum area of 6 x 6 microns and 30 x 30 microns.
Electron microscopy is available through the Coordinated Instrumentation Facility (CIF). The JEOL 2010 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) has the following features:
| 200 kV maximum accelerating voltage. |
| Lab 6 filament. |
| Possible 0.5 nm resolution in scan mode. |
| Energy-Dispersive X-ray System (EDS) for elemental mapping. |
The JEOL JSM-820 has:
| High resolution digital imaging |
| 6" diameter specimens |
| Backscatter detector |
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TA Instruments SDT 2960 Differential Thermal Analyzer/Thermogravimetric Analyzer |
| Simultaneous DTA/TGA |
| Room temperature to 1500 C temperature range |
| 0.1 microgram scale sensitivity |
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TA Instruments TGA 2950 Thermogravimetric Analyzer/Pfeiffer Thermostar Mass Spectrometer |
This unique combination of equipment allows the simultaneous determination of sample weight loss as a function of temperature, and analysis of the sample off-gas to determine the molecular weight of the evolved species up to 300 amu.
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TA Instruments DSC2920 Differential Scanning Calorimeter |
| -180 to 725 C temperature range |
| Modulated DSC capabilities |
| Room temperature to 1600 C DTA cell |
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TA Instruments TMA2940 Thermomechanical Analyzer |
| -150 to 1000 C temperature range |
| 100 nm sensitivity |
| 0.001 to 1.0 N loading |
| 2.5 mm displacement range |
| film/fiber accessories |
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TA Instruments DMA 2980 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
Rheology |
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TA Instruments AR 2000 Rheometer
Light Scattering |
