Materials Characterization

This class describes equipment that provides generic techniques to characterize samples, materials or specimens. The defining characteristic is that these items of equipment could equally be applied to a portion of the sample or specimen as to the whole.

Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Electrochemical

VA Computrace is a voltammetric work station connected to the PC. The complementary PC software controls the determination, records and evaluates the measured data.  The integrated new designed potentiostat with galvanostat guarantees highest precision with reduced noise.

Applications;

Stripping Voltammetry: Voltammetric trace analysis of metal ions and other substances

CVS: Cyclic Voltammetric Stripping for the determination or additives in plating solutions

Exploratory: The Metrohm concept for teaching in electrochemistry

University Tag Number: 
184806
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  • Donna Jacob
Location
Stevens Hall
Room Number: 
207
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chromatography

The Varian 3900 gas chromatograph (GC) is designed to meet the demands of the analytical laboratory with its compact design—GC occupies less than half the workspace of the average gas chromatograph unit. Models 39001-00 and -05 feature an icon-based keypad which simplifies training and increases daily productivity.

University Tag Number: 
175604
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  • Jayaraman Sivaguru
Location
Dunbar Hall
Room Number: 
150A
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectrophotometry

Varian Cary 50 Bio UV-Visible Spectrophotometer ( Ultra Violet UV-Vis UV/Vis )

Data collection rate of an impressive 80 points per second, so you'll have all the information you need about your kinetics assay.

Key Features:

•The maximum scan rate is 24,000 nm per minute

•You can scan the whole wavelength range of 190-1100 nm in less than 3 seconds

•Measure samples up to 3 Abs so you won't have to dilute them as often

University Tag Number: 
163911
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  • Wenfang Sun
Location
Ladd Hall
Room Number: 
204
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Spectroscopy
  • EPR

Special Features:

Field-frequency locks; photomodulation from dc to 5 kHz; saturation transfer spectroscopy; excellent sensitivity; loop-gap resonators.

Applications:

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) of free radicals in solution; EPR of metal complexes in frozen solution; photoexcited paramagnetic states; spin-label studies; spin-label studies of cellular membrane fluidity and oxygen uptake.

University Tag Number: 
200419
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  • Zhongyu Yang
Location
Dunbar Hall
Room Number: 
50
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Electrochemical

Whether in coal, oil or soil analysis, the elemental analysis of macro samples is a particularly technical challenge for an analyzer. elementar has solved this task in a sophisticated way by offering the vario MACRO cube. New technical solutions combined with well proven techniques allow the simultaneous determination of CHNS of samples up to the gram range. The worldwide only analyzer which makes this possible in one fully automatic step.

University Tag Number: 
178917
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  • Annmarie Fortuna
Location
Waldron Hall
Room Number: 
202
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Surface Probe Microscopy
  • Scanning Tunneling

Veeco Dimension Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) is a next-generation measurement system that brings new levels of performance, functionality, and accessibility to nanoscale researchers. The Icon system incorporates temperature-compensating position sensors that enable extraordinary performance in a large-sample, closed-loop, 90-micron scan range system.

University Tag Number: 
183605
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  • Rob Sailer
Location
Batcheller Technology Ctr
Room Number: 
258
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Spectroscopy
  • Infra-Red

Vertex 70 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer Bruker Optics’ Vertex 70 is a fully digital FTIR spectrometer with easy to use OPUSTM and OPUSLabTM software ready to meet project needs for demanding R&D applications. It has a large sample compartment that can accommodate almost any FTIR sampling accessory. In addition, it is equipped with a high throughput screening extension (HTS-XT) that permits continuous 24 hour operation, capable of analyzing more than 5,000 samples a day without operator intervention.

University Tag Number: 
172973
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  • Greg Strommen
Location
Research II
Room Number: 
116
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Liquid Analysis

The Perten RVA 4500 is a cooking, stirring viscometer with ramped variable shear capability developed for testing the viscous properties of starch, grain, flour and other foods.

A state of the art brushless motor with a high precision measurement system provides exceptional sensitivity and accuracy when analyzing low viscosity samples and wide dynamic range when analyzing high viscosity samples.

•Wide Viscosity Range (up to 25,000 cP at 160rpm)

•Rapid Viscosity Profile

•Standard and Custom Methods

•Traceable Calibration Check

University Tag Number: 
196185
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  • Senay Simsek
Location
Harris Hall
Room Number: 
224
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Physical Properties
  • Viscosity

The HAAKE Viscotester 500 is specially designed for Quality Control applications. It is a rotational viscometer that measures precisely, quickly and simply the viscosity and flow behavior of liquid and semisolid test materials. All results like viscosity, shear stress, shear rate, yield point and operating temperature are displayed in the digital LED display.

University Tag Number: 
144555
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  • Dennis Wiesenborn
Location
Service Center/Pilot Center
Room Number: 
102
Inventory Classification
  • Materials Characterization
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Liquid Analysis

Magnetically Stirred Formulation Station with Viscosity Measurement

University Tag Number: 
173298
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  • James Bahr
Location
Research I Addition
Room Number: 
1226