The Stuff
6 ft Hood Setup
Capabilities:
- Two Heidolph hotplates
- Custom five key Schlenk Manifold (U of Utah Glass Shop)
- Welch 1400 Pump, high flow bubbler and Chemglass vacuum gauge
- Optional tank storage between hoods
- Bench space across hoods is equipped with storage and snorkels
- Atmosphere: House Nitrogen
6 ft A.D.A. Hood Setup (x1)
Capabilities:
- Both lift and sliding hood sash (33 in hood height)
- Lowered four key Schlenk Manifold with Welch 1402 Pump and high flow bubbler
- Lowered bench space (33 in) next to the hood
- Located adjacent to lab door and safety shower/eye wash station
- Atmosphere: House Nitrogen
Tosoh EcoSec Elite Size Exclusion Chromatograph (SEC)
Capabilities:
- Column: 1 to 5000 kDa separation
- Solvent: THF at 35 °C
- Detection: Multiangle light scattering, UV, and RI
Netzsch 3500 Sirius Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Capabilities:
- -40 to 600 °C
- Autosampler: 19 pan capacity
- Atmosphere: Nitrogen
TA instruments HR-30 Rheometer with UV
Capabilities:
- Thermal only: -20 to 200 °C (upper and lower heated geometries)
- UV and Thermal: -20 to 150 °C using Mercury Arc Lamp
- Attachments: 8, 20, 25, 40, and 50 mm Parallel Plates
- Atmosphere: Nitrogen Blanket
- Safety: snorkel and vented instrument room
TA instruments Discovery 850 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
Capabilities:
- Thermal only: -90 to 400 °C
- Attachments: Tensile and 3-Point Bend
- Atmosphere: Nitrogen Blanket
- Safety: snorkel and vented instrument room
ZwickRoell Materials Testing Machine Z005/TH
Capabilities:
- Load cell: 5 kN Xforce Precision load cell
- Crosshead Travel: 1380 mm
- Max Test Speed: 3000 mm/min
- Min Test Speed: 0.0005 mm/min
- Drive Resolution: 0.00095 μm
- Attachments: Tensile (Body Over Wedge Grips and elastomer grips) and 3-Point Bend
- Tracking: VideoXtens 1-270 P Video Extensometer (no marking needed)
- Software: 2D DIC license and video extensometer recording
- Safety: vented instrument room
Inert Two Person Glovebox (Under Construction)
Capabilities:
- Large and small antechamber, cold well, 2nd Vacuum for drying, attached solvent still for inbox dispensing, freezer with slide, 0.01 mg Mettler Tolledo Balance, and shelving.
- Atmosphere: Nitrogen (currently Air)
Leica Cryocut 1800 Microtome
Capabilities:
- -30 °C to room temp Microtome for polymer thin film preperation
Imaging
- DSLR Canon EOS R5 8k Camera with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens
- FLIR T450sc Thermal Camera