Lab devices


  1. Scanning Transitiometer: High-pressure calorimetry instrument enabling determination of both thermal and mechanical/physicochemical properties of the sample of different gases, liquids, and solids.

    Device Specifications:
    i) Range of Pressure Measurement: Vacuum – 500 MPa (with an accuracy of ~ 0.15%)
    ii) Range of Temperature Measurement: 223 K – 623 K
    iii) Sensitivity of Volume Change Measurement: 10-6 cm3

  2. Speed of sound measurements (pulse-echo method)

    Device Specifications:
    i) Type of sample: liquids
    ii) volume of sample: 20cm3 iii)pressure range: 0.1 MPa – 400 MPa
    iv)temperature range: -20oC – 150 oC
    v)measurement uncertainties for the speed of sound: 0.5 m/s for pressure 0.1 MPa and 1.0 m/s at the high pressures.

  3. KRÜSS DSA100 Drop Shape Analyzer: Optical Tensiometer enables a comprehensive analysis of solid-liquid interactions by measuring the contact angle of solid surface and surface tension of the single or mixture of liquid systems at varying temperature ranges.

    Device Specifications:
    i) Range of Temperature Measurement: -50 – 400 oC
    ii) Resolution & Precision: 0.1 oC
    iii) Accuracy: 1/3 DIN B (±0.1°C at 0°C to ±0.8 °C at 400 °C)
  4. High Pressure Variable Volume Chamber: A custom device designed for lab-based PVT studies enabling the measurement of the volume of the solid samples under constant pressure and (optional) temperature.

    Device Specifications:
    i) Range of Temperature Measurement: -50 – 400 oC
    ii) Range of Pressure Measurement: 0 – 80 MPa
    iii) Syringe Volume: 10 ml

  5. Anton Paar DSA 5000 M Density and Speed Of Sound Meter: Instrumental device combining the density and sound velocity measurements in one setup. It is used for the concentration measurement of two- and three-component solutions. Also, it determines the concentration of sulfuric acid over the whole concentration range.

    Device Specifications:
    i) Range of Temperature Measurement: 0 – 100 oC
    ii) Range of Density Measurement: 0 – 3 g/cm3
    iii) Range of Sound Velocity Measurement: 1000 – 2000 m/s


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  6. Anton Paar Lovis 2000 M/ME: Instrumental device used for measurement of dynamic viscosity, intrinsic viscosity, the molar mass of a polymer, and more.

    Device Specifications:
    i) Range of Temperature Measurement: 5 – 100 oC
    ii) Range of Viscosity Measurement: 0.3 – 10,000 mPa.s
    iii) Repeatability of Measurement: up to 0.1 %
    IV) Accuracy of Measurement: up to 0.5%

  7. Ossila Four-Point Probe: An easy-to-use instrument for the rapid measurement of sheet resistance, resistivity, and conductivity of materials.

    i) Range of Voltage Measurement: ±100 μV to ±10 V
    ii) Range of Viscosity Measurement: ±1 μA to ±200 mA
    iii) Sheet Resistance Range: 100 mΩ to 10 MΩ (ohms per square)

  8. NETZSCH LFA 467 HyperFlash: Instrumental analysis device used to measure thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity

    Device Specifications:
    i) Range of Temperature Measurement: -100 – 500 oC
    ii) Range of Thermal Diffusivity: 0.01 mm2/s to 2000 mm2/s
    iii) Range of Thermal Diffusivity: <0.1 W/(m*K) to 4000 W/(m*K)
    iv) Sample dimensions: 6 mm to 25.4 mm in diameter, 0.01 mm to 6 mm in thickness

  9. Rigol HDO4204 oscilloscope: Electronic test instrument used to analyze voltage changes as a function of time. It is specifically useful to measure the triboelectrification phenomenon between liquid and solid interfaces.

    Device Specifications:
    i) Max Waveform Capture Rate500,000wfm/s.
    ii) Record Length250Mpt iii) Real Time Sampling Rate4GSa/s.
    iv) 4 analog channels 12 Bit Vertical Resolution