Facilities
Contact: Dr Alasdair Charles, CEAM
- A range of static and refreshed loop autoclaves for corrosion testing under static, slow strain or cyclic loading conditions. High temperature and pressure electrochemical measurements.
- Facilities for computer controlled electrochemical measurements.
- Five electron microscopes, three with EDX, BSE, EBSD and environmental imaging.
Contact: Professor Steve Bull, Material Characterisation: High resolution SEM, AFM, Nanoindentation, Optical profilometry
- Wear testing: Abrasive wear testing up to 200C, reciprocating and pin-on-disc testing in corrosive environments up to 150C, double disc rolling wear testing in lubricants up to 100C
- Wear testing: 2. Oxidation testing: Range of furnaces for short and long term oxidation of coupons and wires.
Contact: Dr Ben Horrocks, Natural Science
- General electrochemical measurement techniquesfor analytical determinations and corrosion rate measurement: Linear sweep voltammetry, Tafel analysis, ion-selective electrode potentiometry, cyclic voltammetry, pulse voltammetry, stripping voltammetry and ultramicroelectrode voltammetry.
- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and FT-infrared spectroscopy for mechanistic investigations of corrosion.
- Electrochemical quartz crystal microgravimetry: High resolution weight-loss/gain determination (ng-scale).
- In-air scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for high resolution (nm scale) imaging of conductive specimens.
updated 27/10/04