Charaterisation equipment

following characterisation tools are available:

  1. Optical microscopy (OM)
    Sample preparation
    Scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM/EDS)
  2. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) 
    Electron probe micro-analysis (EPMA)
     
  3. X-ray photo-electron spectrometry (XPS)
    X-ray diffraction (XRD)
    FTIR- en UV/VIS-spectrometry   
  4. Photography & image processing
  5. Image analysis
  6. Contact & Laser profilometry
    Contact angle measurement
    (Reciprocating) ball-on-disc (BOD) & pin-on-disc (POD) testing
    Taber testing
    Scratch testing
    Micro-abrasion testing 
    Conventional mechanical testing
    Hardness measurements
  7. Fatigue testing
  8. Nano-indentation 
    Dimensional measurements
    Powder analysis
    Suspension characterisation
    Pore size and pore density measurements
    Thermal analysis (TGA)
    Thermal treatments
     
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