About us
The Thermal Characterisation and Mechanical Testing Facility in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy houses a suite of advanced instruments supporting research, development, and industrial applications across all classes of materials.
Mechanical testing equipment
- Nano indenter (iNano)
- Charpy Impact testing 50J
- Izod impact testing 1J
- 100kN high temperature Instron
- Fatigue, high temperature tension and compression (100kN Instron)
- Compression 20kN Instron 8032
- 1kn Universal test machine (Tinius Olsen)
- 50kn Universal test machine (Tinius Olsen)
- 25kn Universal test machine (Tinius Olsen)
- Microhardness (Knoop)
Thermal characterisation capabilities
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
- Rheology
- Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA)
- Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR)
