Facilities

Please contact the lab managers below for analyses quotations and special research requirements.

Thermal Gravimetric analyzer (TGA)

Perkin Elmer, STA 6000

Nitrogen gas

Nuclear Magnetic Resonace analyser (NMR) (Dr Mtunzi)

Fourier Transformed Infra Red (FTIR) with an Attanuated Total Reflectance (ATR) detector

Perkin Elmer Spectrum 400 FT-IR/FT-NIR Spectrometer

Universal ATR with diamond detector at wavelength from 650 cm^-1to 4000 cm^-1

Nanomaterial preparation apparatus

UV-vis spectrometer

Perkin Elmer Lambda 25 UV-Vis,

Double beam spectrometer – tungsten and deuterium lamps are used for illumination.

Collects spectra from 180-1100 nm UV and visible range using a slit of 1.0 and width of 0.1.

Photochemiluminace spectrometer

Particle size analyzer and point of zero charge (PZC) measurements

HPLC analyser with UV-vis spectrometer as detector

Gas Chromatography with a mass spectrometer deterctor (GC-MS)

Degradation testing reactors

Microwave digestion system Sineo MDS 6G (Engineering department)

It is currently used by Chemistry as a solvothermal high pressure reactor to prepare nanoparticles
Microwave frequency 2450MHz
Maximum microwave power 1000W, non-pulse continuous automatic variable frequency control
Pressure measurement and control system: Piezoelectric crystal pressure sensor, pressure control range :0-10MPa (1500 psi), accuracy ± 0.01MPa
Temperature measurement and control system: High-precision platinum resistor temperature sensor, temperature range :0-300°C, accuracy ±1℃
Turntable design Load 8 MP-100 closed digestion vessels at same time
Inner vessel material: TFM material

Powder X-ray diffraction (Metallurgy department)