Facilities
Processing Equipment
Retsch BB 50 Jaw Crusher
Retsch Disk Mill
Deoxygenation and Reduction Furnace
Retsch Seive
Paragon Sentry 2.0
Buchi Mini Spray Dryer B-290
High Temperature and High Vacuum Sintering Furnace
Heat Treating Tube Furnace
Analytical Equipment
Micrometrics AccuPyc II 1340 Pycnometer
MTS
BET Surface Area and Porosity Analysis
LECO CS230 Carbon and Sulfur Detector
Linseis L75 Platinum Series Dilatometer
Allied MetPrep 3 Grinder/Polisher
SALD 2300 Particle Size Analysis
Allied Metal Sample Saw
Sample Microscope
Magnetic Sensitivity
SDT Q600 TA TGA-DSC
LECO TCH 600 Oxygen/Nitrogen/Hydrogen Detector
Processing equipment
| High vacuum arc melting furnace | |
| High temperature and high vacuum sintering furnace | |
| Centorr high vacuum/inert gas hot-press (2000oC) | |
| Linburg tube furnaces | |
| RD Webb vacuum sintering furnace | |
| Various heat treating furnaces and ovens | |
| Rotary evaporator, for drying wet milled powders | |
| Leaching System | |
| Laminate press |
Analytical instruments
| Particle characterization equipment; Flowability, BET, Tap Density, Apparent Density, Particle Size Analyzer |
| Dilatometer |
| High temperature scanning differential calorimeter |
| Scanning electron microscope |
| Scanning TEM (JEOL 2000 FX II) |
| X-ray diffraction unit (D5000 Siemens) |
| Inductively coupled plasma spectrometer (Perkin-Elmer) |
| Electron microprobe |
| Confocal microscopy unit # Mechanical Testing |
| Computer controlled Instron tester with controlled-atmosphere furnace |
| Hardness testers (Vickers micro and macro-hardness tester, and Digital Rockwell tester) |
| LECO TCH 600 (Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen Analysis) |
| LECO C/S 2300 (Carbon, Sulfur Analysis) |
| Fatigue testing facility |
| Sample Polishing and Mounting System |
| Metal Sample Saw |