Experimental Facilities

 

Our laboratory facilities include the following pieces of equipment:

  • 15kN MTS servo-hydraulic load frame
  • 10 cu. ft. Caron environmental conditioning chamber
  • TPS 2200 thermal conductivity analyzer
  • TAM AIR Isothermal Calorimeter
  • UV/VIS spectrophotometer (Evolution 200 Series)
  • Leica 100x optical microscope & Q-imaging Micropublisher 5.0 camera
  • Agilent oscilloscope
  • Small furnace
  • Vacuum oven
  • 16 cc capacity B-100 injection molder
  • Filament based 3D printer (Taz 4)
  • Spin Coater
  • Newport Xenon arc lamp
  • Metter Toledo Balance XS205 with density kit
  • Denver instruments precision scale
  • 6″ X 8″ Hot Press
  • 8-specimen creep testing rack
  • Fisher Scientific ultrasonic cleaner
  • PM200 Retsch Ball Mill, zirconium grinding jars and grinding media
  • Mastersizer 3000 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer with Solvent-compatible variable auto sampler
  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter (Mettler-Toledo DSC 3+ with Autosampler robot and intra-cooling system)
  • CellXpert CO2 chamber with temperature and CO2 control and RH monitoring
  • Balances
    • Adam CPW: 75 kg +/- 0.02 kg
    • A&D GP: 31 kg +/- 0.1 g
    • Ohause Defender 5000: 10 kg +/- 0.002 kg
    • Ohause Scout SPX2202: 2.2 kg +/- 0.01 g
  • Molds
    • Cube molds, 2″ X 2″ X 2″, 11 3-gang molds
    • Small beam molds, 4″ X 4″ X 14″, 9 molds
    • Large beam molds, 6″ X 6″ X 22″, 17 molds
    • Shrinkage molds, 2″ X 2″ X 10″, 6 2-gang molds
    • Paste molds, 4.75″ X 10″ X 0.5″, 3 2-gang molds
  • Density Measurement
    • Specific gravity tank, 10 gal
    • Le Chatel Flask & Stopper
  • Sieve set
  • Acme penetrometer
  • Blaine apparatus
  • Slump cones & tray
  • Air meter, volumetric method
  • Drying oven (10 cu. ft. capacity)
  • 8 inch masonry saw
  • Chloride ingress and conductivity testing setup
    •  Proove-it control unit
    • 8 measuring cells for ASTM C 1202 or NT Build 492
    • Vacuum desiccator (up to 20 4″ diameter concrete specimens
    • Vacuum pump

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