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1100 C Tube Furnace |
1100 C max temp |
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Automatic Grinding Machine |
Manual/automatic grinding machine |
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Automatic Hardness Tester |
Vickers hardness tester with motorized stage. |
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Automatic Mortar/Pestle |
Automatic mortar and pestle. Agate bowl. |
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Carver Hot Press |
Hot Uniaxial Press |
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Carver Press |
Uniaxial Press |
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Cold Mounting Station |
Area for encapsulation of specimens in epoxy for subsequent grinding/polishing. Epoxy resin, molds, specimen stands, etc. supplied. |
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Electrolytic Polisher/Etcher |
Electrolytic Polisher/Etcher. Currently cannot use etchants containing perchloric acid. |
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Hardness Tester (8-102, Newer Unit) |
Vickers/Knoop microhardness tester |
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Hardness Tester (8-102, Older Unit) |
Vickers/Knoop microhardness tester |
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Hardness Tester (Newer Unit) |
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High Energy Ball Mill |
Users must provide their own jar(s). |
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High Speed Saw |
Precision Diamond Saw |
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Hydrogen Tube Furnace |
1600 C max temp. Built for running in a hydrogen or forming gas (Ar+H2 mix) environment. |
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Instron (150kN Unit) |
150 kN capacity |
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Instron (5kN Unit) |
5 kN capacity |
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Large Box Furnace (1000 C) |
1000 C Max temp |
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Large Box Furnace (1200 C) |
1200 C Max Temp |
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Large Box Furnace (1500 C) |
Box Furnace (1500 C Max Temp) |
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Low Speed Saw |
Precision Diamond Saw |
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Manual Grinding Machine |
Manual grinder/polisher |
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Mounting Machine (Buehler Unit, 1.25 in. puck) |
Hot mounting machine (1.25 in. pucks) |
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Mounting Machine (Struers Unit, 1.5 in. puck) |
Hot mounting machine (1.5 in. pucks) |
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Nikon MA200 Microscope |
Inverted metallurgical microscope. 50-2000x |
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Olympus BH2 Microscope |
Microscope
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Oxy-Hydrogen Torch/Quartz ampoule encapsulation |
Bench for making quartz ampoules. Torch, tools, and quartz stock supplied. |
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Polishing Machine |
Polishing machine |
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Polishing Machine (With Dosing Pump) |
Polishing machine with dosing pump |
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Refund |
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Rolling Ball Mill |
Users must provide their own jar(s). |
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Small Box Furnace (1100 C) |
Box Furnace (1100 C Max Temp) |
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Spark OES |
Stationary spark optical emission spectrometer (spark-OES). Used for bulk composition measurement of Fe, Al, Cu, Ti, Co, and Ni alloys. |
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Swab/Immersion Etching Area |
Currently cannot use etchants containing perchloric acid. |
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Tube Furnace (1700 C) |
1700 C max temp |
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Vacuum Hot Press |
This machine is designed for making dense compound materials under both vacuum and high pressure up to 2 metric tons. It is integrated with a split vertical tube furnace with a vacuum-sealed 4" quartz tube and 2000Kg digital electric press, as well as one set of 0.5" ID graphite pressing dies. The furnace can be heated up to 1000 C using a temperature controller with 30 programmable segments. Water-cooled flanges facilitate a vacuum with a mechanical pump. |
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Vibratory Polisher |
Vibratory polisher geared toward preparation of EBSD/ECCI quality surfaces. Excellent for soft metals, composites, and delicate specimens. Additional specimen holders enable TEM sample prethinning and fine material removal for fabrication. |