- Mechanical properties at cryogenic temperatures and up to 1000°C
- Thermal properties at cryogenic temperatures and up to 1600°C
- X-ray diffraction at elevated temperatures
- Non-destructive topographical and morphological investigations and elemental analyses of small parts (i.e. no need for materialographic preparation)
Advanced Materials Research LaboratoryRange of analyses
Mechanical testing
- tension/compression
- axial fatigue
- rotary bending fatigue
- 3- or 4- point bending
- creep
- impact V-Charpy
- Vickers macro- and micro-hardness
Thermal analysis
- thermal diffusivity and specific heat (≤1600°C and in inert gas/vacuum conditions)
- weight change and face transformations (≤1600°C)
- coefficient of thermal expansion (≤1600°C)
- thermal conductivity - indirect measurement (≤1600°C and in inert gas/vacuum conditions)
- thermal conductivity - direct measurement (-20°C to 80°C)
Compositional analysis
- qualitative and semi-quantitative elemental analysis
- quantitative mapping
- phase and material identification (≤2000°C)
- compositional depth profiling (≤150μm)
- quantitative surface, interface and bulk analysis
Microstructural analysis
- morphological imaging
- topographical imaging
- crystallography (grain size and texture analysis)
- porosity and inclusions characterisation
Corrosion and tribology
- Accelerated corrosion testing under controlled salt spray conditions (e.g. ASTM B117, ISO 9227)
- Evaluation of corrosion resistance and coating durability of metallic materials
- Abrasive wear testing using sand–rubber wheel and wheel abrasion configurations
- Quantitative measurement of wear rate and material or coating durability
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