General Analysis Equipment

Equipment Items

Cary UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer

The CARY 5000 UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer is a UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer with photometric performance in the 175-3300 nm range.

Measure: beyond 8.0 absorbance units with reference beam attenuation; 175 to 3300 nm using a PbSmart NIR detector for extended photometric range.

Variable slit widths (down to 0.01 nm) provide for optimum control over data resolution.

Maximum light throughput using Schwarzchild coupling optics gives higher accuracy at low transmission levels.

The Cary 5000 uses a floating aluminum casting and double Littrow monochromator to provide minimal noise and stray light. It also produces an extended dynamic range by attenuating the reference beam more in line with the sample absorbance.

Accessories Available:

Solid and liquid sample holders
Praying Mantis™ Diffuse Reflection Accessory
Praying Mantis™ Low Temperature Reaction Chambers
Diffuse reflectance chamber.
Operates at temperatures from -150°C to 600°C.
Pressure range: high vacuum to 133 kPa (1 ktorr)
Cary Single Cell Peltier Accessory
Temperature control precision ± 0.1°C
Temperature range 0-100°C
Temperature stability ± 0.1°C
Temperature accuracy ± 0.2°C
Display range 0-100°C
Water flow 0.5 L/min (max)

Epilog Fusion M232 Laser Cutter

Access to the printer is limited due to location in research lab space.

Engraving Area: 32″ x 20″ (812 x 508 mm)
Maximum Material Thickness:
CO2: 13.5″ (343 mm) (2″ lens)
Fiber: 12.5″ (318 mm) (3″ lens)
Dual Source: 12.5″ (318 mm) (3″ lens)
Laser Wattage:
CO2: 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, or 120 watts
Fiber: 30 or 50 watts
Dual-source: CO2 50, 60, or 75 watts;
Fiber 30 or 50 watts

Laser Source: Digitally controlled, air-cooled CO2 laser tubes are fully modular, permanently aligned,

Intelligent Memory Capacity: Multiple file storage
Laser Dashboard: The Laser Dashboard™ controls your Epilog Laser’s settings from a wide range of software packages – from design programs to spreadsheet applications to CAD drawing packages.
Red Dot Pointer Since the laser beam is invisible, the Red Dot Pointer on the Fusion Laser allows you to have a visual reference for locating where the laser will fire.
Relocatable Home: When engraving items that are not easily placed at the top corner of the laser, you can set a new home position by hand with the convenient Movable Home Position feature on the Fusion Series Lasers.
Operating Modes: Optimized raster, vector or combined modes.
Resolution: User controlled from 75 to 1200 dpi.
Speed and Power Control: Computer or manually control speed and power in 1% increments to 100%. Vector color mapping links speed, power, and focus to any RGB color.

G-DenPyc 2900 Gas Pycnometer Analyzer

Volume displacement method/gas displacement principle.

True (also termed as real, absolute, apparent or skeletal) density analysis, volume percentage of open and closed cells of rigid materials.

Accuracy ±0.02%, repeatability ±0.01%, resolution can reach 0.0001cc/g.

Imported high-precision pressure transducer, accuracy can reach 0.04% F.S., stability 0.025% F.S.

Helium

Applicable to research and quality control for the following materials: ceramic, catalysts, filter medium, nuclear fuel, oil & chemical industry, soil, fertilizer, carbon black, hard coke, fiber, minerals, pharmacy, cosmetics, cement, slurries, pharmaceuticals, coatings, plastic films, rigid cellular plastics, blending of materials, powder metallurgy, organic chemicals and polymers, powdered foodstuff, desiccant (drying agent), powdered metal, ion exchange resin, silicon gel, alumina, titanium dioxide, solid foam etc.

Jandel Four-Point Probe Resistivity Measurement

The Jandel RM2 adjustable height test station measures the resistivity of thin-film metals and semiconductors by using the four-point probe technique. The probe consists of four equally spaced tips which pass a current through the outer probes and measure the voltage across the two inner probes. Currents of up to 9.9999 mA can be applied with an adjustable compliance voltage of up to 50V (max), and voltage drop across the inner pins can be measured to an accuracy of 1/100 of a mV (min) up to 99.99 mV and 1/10 of a mV up to 1999.9 mV (max) can be measured.

Malvern Omnisec GPC

Malvern’s OMNISEC is a Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) / Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) system for the measurement of absolute molecular weight, molecular size, intrinsic viscosity, branching and other parameters. It includes OMNISEC RESOLVE, the integrated GPC/SEC module, OMNISEC REVEAL, the integrated multi-detector module and OMNISEC software for the characterization of synthetic and natural polymers and proteins.

Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS

Zetasizer Nano-ZS with 633nm HE-NE Laser to measure the size, electrophoretic mobility of electrophoretic mobility of proteins, zeta potential of colloids and nanoparticles, as well as molecular weight and second virial coefficient, A2, of macromolecules and kD, the DLS interaction parameter.

Particle size measurement range: 0.3nm – 10.0 microns (diameter), minimum sample volume of 12µL
Zetapotential size measurement range: 3.8nm – 100 microns (), minimum sample volume of 150µL (20µL using diffusion barrier method)
Molecular weight measurement range: 980Da – 20M Da*
Temperature control range:0°C – 90°C +/-0.1
Light source: He-Ne laser 633nm, Max 4mW.

Perkin Elmer Frontier FT-IR

Fourier transform infrared spectrometer with mid-IR (8300–350 cm−1) and far-IR (700–30 cm−1) capability at a resolution of 0.4 cm−1.

Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer

The Agilent Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer can perform analysis of solids, liquids, and gases

Interferometer: 25 mm, permanently aligned, Michelson, 45°, mechanical flexure
Spectral range: KBr 6300–350 cm-1, ZnSe 5100–600 cm-1
Spectral resolution: < 2 cm-1
Wavenumber accuracy 0.05 cm-1
Wavenumber reproducibility: 0.005 cm-1
Accessories:
Transmission Module
DATR Module
Dial Path 30, 50, 100 µm

Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer

The Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer is a type of electromagnetic spectroscopy that analyzes fluorescence from a sample.

Features: xenon flash lamp, coupled with optimized grating blaze angles and coatings ensure sensitivity across the whole wavelength range.

Low signal noise: the Schwarzchild collection optics capture a large portion of the light from the powerful Xenon flash lamp and direct it through the sample.

Scans the whole wavelength range in less than 3 seconds.

Accessories:

Liquid Sample Holder, Solid Sample Holder, Solid Sample Probe, Fiberoptic Dip Probe (10mm path tip), Fluorescence Remote Probe, Oxford Cryostat Holder