Materials analysis laboratory
Chromatography:
- High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-TOF-MS) from AGILENT
- Gaz Chromatograph with Mass Spectometer and headspace (HS-GC-MS) or pyrolyzer (pyro-GC-MS) from PERKIN ELMER
- Steric Exclusion Chromatograph/Gel Permeation Chromatography (SEC/GPC) from WATERS
Spectrometry and chemical analysis:
- Fourier Transfom Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) from PERKIN ELMER
- IR Microscope from PERKIN ELMER *
- UV-Visible spectrometer from BIOCHROME BIOWAVE II
- RAMAN spectrometer **
- X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)**
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)**
- Liquid and Solid Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)**
- Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES)**
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) from METTLER TOLEDO
- Thermogravimetric Analyser (TGA) from METTLER TOLEDO
Mechanical and thermo-mechanical analysis:
- Shore A or D Durometer
- International rubber hardness degrees (IRHD)
- FISHER Micro-indenter
- Compression or tensile set
- Stress relaxation
- Abrasimeter
- Creep bench
- Dynamometers ZWICK for tensile, compression, bending, peel testing and friction. Various setups can be adapted
- ALLROUND TABLE with a heat unit and a high elongation extensometer. 1 kN, 10 kN, 50 kN load cells
- PROLINE with 50 N, 500 N and 5kN load cells
- ALLROUND TABLE with a heat unit and a high elongation extensometer. 1 kN, 10 kN, 50 kN load cells
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) METRAVIB DMA 50
Microscopies:
- HITACHI S3200N variable pressure Scanning Electron Microscope, with a BRUKER X-Ray analyser.
- Stereomicroscope (binocular microscope)
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) **
- JEOL Transmission Electron microscope (TEM)**
Aging tests:
- MEMMERT ovens
- BINDER climate-controlled chambers (accelerated aging with controlled temperature and moisture) 240 L
- Aging in liquids
- UVA aging test chamber (QUV)
Miscellaneous equipments:
- Karl-Fisher titrator
- Potentiometric titrator
- Soxhlet Extraction
- Specific Surface Area (BET)**
- LASER granulometry**
- Profilometer/Roughness measurment**
OCA20 Goniometer from Data Physics:
- Contact angle
- Surface energy
- Pendant drop
Fire tests:
- Measurement device for the limiting oxygen index (LOI, according to the ISO 4589-2 FTT AIS) Standard
SYSTECH INSTRUMENTS permeability analyzers*:
- Oxygen permeameter
- Water vapor permeameter
* : at CTTM, property of Ligépack
** : equipments at Le Mans Université (IMMM and IUT)