RESEARCH FACILITIES

Department of Applied Polymer Chemistry and Physics

• Contact angle goniometer (Rame-Hart 100-00-(115)-S Automated Goniometer)
• Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (Mattson Galaxy 3000)
• Gas chromatograph (Perkin Elmer XLGC)
• Gas permeation analyzers (Brugger GDPC, Systech 8000 Oxygen Permeation Analyzer)
• High pressure liquid chromatograph (Knauer HPLC 64)
• High-speed fluid mixer (Thyssen Henschel FM/A10)
• Impact testers (Ceast Charpy 6546, Ceast Resil 5.5, Zwick, Izod, Charpy)
• Injection molding machines (Demag Intelect 50/330-100, BA 200 CD)
• Internal mixer (Brabender, 50 ml)
• Laboratory press (Fontijne SRA 100)
• Laboratory rolling mill (Schwabentan)
• Mechanical testing system (Zwick 1445, Fritz Heckert FPZ 10, Instron 5566)
• Microtome (Reichert-Jung, Polycut)
• Optical instruments (Hot Stage Mettler FP 82 HT, Polaroid DMC1 digital camera, Hunterlab ColourQuest 45/0)
• Rheometry (Göttfert 2002 capillary viscometer, Göttfert MPS-D MFI tester, Brabender Rheotron rotational viscometer, Rheolab rheometer, Physica UDS 200 Universal dynamic spectrometer)
• Single-screw extruder (Haake Rheomex S 3/4")
• Thermal analyzers (Perkin Elmer DSC2, DSC7, TGA6, Mettler DSC30, TMA40, TG50)
• Thermomat Metrohm 763 PVC
• Thermomechanical analyzer (Polymer Labs, DMTA II)
• Twin-screw compounder (Brabender DSK 42/7)
• UV-VIS spectrophotometer (Hewlett Packard 8452A)
• Vacuum thermoforming machine (VFP 0505 1SL)