The Polymer Characterization Facility is maintained by the CEMS Polymer Group, but is available to researchers campus wide, and also to industrial clients (IPRIME Industrial Partners get a significant discount). Assistance or collaboration is available for testing, training, and interpretation of results. The Rheology Lab is a major part of the Polymer Characterization Facility, and rheometry can be a sensitive probe of structure in complex materials such as polymers.
Instrumentation:
- Agilent PL-GPC 220 High Temperature GPC/SEC System Waters Modular Room Temperature System
- DACA Mixer and Molder
- Extensional tools for rotational rheometers
- Goettfert Visco-Tester 1500
- Malvern Rosand RH7
- Rheometric Scientific RSA-11
- Rheometric Scientific SR200
- TA Instruments AR-G2
- TA Instruments ARES-G2
- TA Instruments DHR-3
- TA Instruments Q1000 for -180 to 300 degrees C
- TA Instruments Rheometric Series ARES
- TA Instruments RSA-G2
- Thermo Electron Polylab with Rheomix 600
- Thermo Electron PRISM 16mm Twin Screw Extruder