Infrastructure Facilities

• Polycrystalline Diffraction
• Non-Ambient phase Analysis (High temperature up to 16000C and Low temperature up to  –1900C )
• Thin Film XRD (GIXRD)
• X-Ray Reflectivity
• Small Angle Scattering
• Micro Diffraction (By CCD Camera) Texture and Residual Stress Analysis

• Determination of chemical composition of  metallic materials, impurity elements  in pure metals, toxic elements in water samples, and organic samples like petroleum based products, lubricating oils etc. for metallic contents (elements which cannot be analyzed   – C,N, H,O, halogens) 

• Tensile Test, Compression Test and Three  Point Bend as per ASTM Standard

• For Toughness testing of metallic materials
• For Ductile Brittle Transition Temperature

• Corrosion Fatigue / Stress Corrosion (KISCC ) / Slow Strain Rate / Rippled Strain Rate Experimentation

• Viscosity measurement of polymers

• For measurement of contact angle

• Dynamic mechanical properties of polymers

• Chemical & Structural analysis

• Fluorescence measurement

• Measurement of heat distortion temperature of plastics

• Rheology of polymers

• Curing characteristics of rubber

• Sound absorption properties of rubber

• Thermal stability and composition of polymers

• Rheology and processing of polymers

• Advanced coating thickness and structure uniformity determination
• Small contamination feature geometry and elemental composition measurement

• Mechanical properties of polymers

• Corrosion evaluation of various  metals/ material  systems used for Indian Naval platforms 

• Measuring particle size distribution

• To detect pinholes in coating

• Physical Electrochemistry
• Corrosion Measurements
• Coatings Evaluation
• Fast Cyclic Voltammeter
• Electrochemical Noise

• Determination of Tensile Strength, Fracture Toughness, Elastic Modulus, Compression Strength.

• Tensiometer  for  measurement of surface tension and interfacial tension

• To evaluate abrasion resistance

• To evaluate resistance to scratch of coating at various loads

• Standard Practice for UV-Condensation Exposures of Paint and Related Coatings

• Imaging of Surface Topography

• Impedance measurement for frequency range of 40 Hz – 10 MHz

• Piezoelectric Charge Coefficient, Hydrostatic Charge & Voltage Coefficient

• Measurement of Particle Size

• Elemental analysis of Mn, Ni, La, Pb, Fe, Ti, Y, Zr, Nb

• To measure elastic properties of materials

• Heat Treatment of Materials up to 2100°C  (Intermittent) up to 1800°C (Continuous)

• To measure Zeta Potential of suspensions

• To evaluate the performance & stability in terms of functional & mechanical properties of various electrodes, catalyst, matrix holder, polymer electrolyte membrane etc

• To measure the thickness of materials

• Used for measuring porosity of rigid material. The instrument also provides the information about pore size distribution of material. The measuring range of pore size distribution of machine is 10 nm to 100 µm

• Used for measuring the surface area of material (Powder form or solid form) on the basis of BET theory of multilayer physisorption.

• To study the kinetics & catalytic activity under hydrodynamic condition. To identify the intermediate species in oxygen reduction reaction etc.  

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

• For separation of components /compounds in a mixture by distribution between two phases ie. stationary phase and mobile phase.

• Electrochemical characterization  

• For Controlled  environment

• For Controlled environment

• Ceramics tapes of thickness 10µm to 3 mm

• Fabrication of Nano Fibers

• Isolation & culturing of anaerobic microorganisms

• Rapid pressurized parallel solvent extraction

• For welding of flat plates of size 1500 mm x 1000 mm and also circular shells/ pipe of dia 800 mm. & rastering facility for friction stir surface.

• For dicing, cutting of ceramic materials of hardness 10GPa