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