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Polymer Research Equipment

 

The Polymer Research Laboratory has state of the art equipment for investigating sustainable processes.  The following list highlights some of the available equipment:

 

Thermal Analysis Equipment

-          TA Instruments Q20 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) with refrigerated cooling system (RCS)

-          TA Instruments Q500 Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)

-          TA Instruments Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) with liquid nitrogen cooling system

DMA TGA DSC

 

Synthesis Equipment

-          MBraun UniLab Glovebox (http://mbraunusa.com) with oxygen sensor for air sensitive chemistry

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-          High-pressure polymerization reactors

-          Multiple vacuum lines with diffusion pumps

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Chromatography Equipment

-          Gel-Permeation Chromatography (GPC) system equipped with a Wyatt MiniDawn Light Scattering detecter, a Wyatt ViscoStar Viscometer detector and a  Wyatt OptiLab rEX Differential Refractive Index detector

Wyatt GPC

-          High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) system equipped with a Waters 486 Tunable Absorbance detector and Perkin Elmer Refractive Index detector

GC AND HPLC

-          HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph with a two Flame Ionization Detectors

-          HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph with a Flame Ionization Detector and a Thermal Conductivity Detector

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Spectroscopy Equipment

-          ThermoFisher iS10 FTIR spectrometer with ATR accessory

-          Shimadzu UV-1650 PC UV/Vis spectrometer

FTIR