Technology Transfer Department

Application sectors

Problem to solve

The materials characterization and qualification require different investigation techniques, which are complementary to each other, to perform a complete study of both their morphology and their chemical-physical features. The Laboratory for the chemical-physical characterization of materials includes several instruments aimed at carrying out a complete, timely and precise analysis of materials, allowing us to provide an exhaustive answer to the request of determination and evaluation of eir properties.

Description

The infrastructure is equipped with: a laboratory for the preparation of metallographic samples (cutting, embedding, polishing, chemical attacks to counter phases and structures). It is also equipped with hoods and glovebox for handling in inert atmospheres; a morphological and structural characterisation laboratory equipped with optical and metallographic microscopes, a scanning electron microscope (also operating in low vacuum for insulating materials) with EDS module for chemical microanalysis, an X-ray diffractometer for crystallographic analysis; a physical-chemistry laboratory equipped with UV-Vis spectroscopy and atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for the chemical analysis of solid and lquid samples; a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and a transient plane source equipment for studying the thermal properties of solids. The facility is also equipped with fume hoods for handling chemical reagents and ventilated cabinets for their storage.

Research group involved