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222 INSTRUMENTAL LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PILOT PLANTS INSTRUMENTAL LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PILOT PLANTS I. DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR METHODS OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING 1. Laboratory of Materials Research Activity profile: Studies of the structure and properties of materials and historical art objects. Modification of surface properties of materials by means of intense plasma pulses and ions beams. Synthesis and studies of new type of materials with predetermined properties (biocidal, fungicidal, sorptional). Characterization of structural properties of materials using SEM (scanning electron microscopy), X-ray fiffraction (powder and single crystal). Determination of elemental content of environmental and geological samples, industrial waste materials, historic glass objects and other materials by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry using a radioisotope excitation source as well as a low power X-ray tube and using a 2 kW X-ray tube in total reflection geometry. Determination of radioactive isotope content in environmental samples and historical glass objects by gamma spectrometry. • Scanning electron microscope DSM 942, LEO-Zeiss (Germany) Technical data: spatial resolution – 4 nm at 30 kV, and 25 nm at 1 kV; acceleration voltage – up to 30 kV; chamber capacity – 250x150 mm. Application: SEM observation of various materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics and glasses. Determination of characteristic parameters such as molecule and grain size. • Scanning electron microscope equipped with the attachment for fluorescent microanalysis BS-340 and NL-2001, TESLA (Czech Republic) Application: Observation of surface morphology and elemental analysis of various materials. • Vacuum evaporator JEE-4X, JEOL (Japan) Application: Preparation of thin film coatings of metals or carbon. • Gamma radiation spectrometer HP-Ge, model GS 6020; Canberra-Packard (USA) Technical data: detection efficiency for gamma radiation – 60.2%, polarization voltage – 4000 V, energy resolution (for Co-60) – 1.9 keV, analytical program “GENIE 2000”. Application: Neutron activation analysis, measurements of natural radiation of materials. • Gamma spectrometer in low-background laboratory EGG ORTEC Technical data: HPGe detector with passive shield; FWHM – 1.9 keV at 1333 keV, relative efficiency – 92%. • Total reflection X-ray spectrometer Pico TAX, Institute for Environmental Technologies (Berlin, Germany) Technical data: Mo X-ray tube, 2000 W; Si(Li) detector with FHWM 180 eV for 5.9 keV line; analysed elements – from sulphur to uranium; detection limits – 10 ppb for optimal range of analysed elements, 100 ppb for the others. Application: XRF analysis in total reflection geometry. Analysis of minor elements in water (tap, river, waste and rain water); analysis of soil, metals, raw materials, fly ash, pigments, biological samples. • X-ray spectrometer SLP-10180-S, ORTEC (USA) Technical data: FWHM – 175 eV for 5.9 keV line, diameter of active part – 10 mm, thickness of active part of detector – 5.67 mm. Application: X-ray fluorescence analysis. • Coulter Porometer II Coulter Electronics Ltd (Great Britain) Application: Pore size analysis in porous media. • Vacuum chamber for plasma research POLVAC Technika Próżniowa
INSTRUMENTAL LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PILOT PLANTS 223 Technical data: dimensions – 300x300 mm; high voltage and current connectors, diagnostic windows. Application: Studies on plasma discharge influence on physicochemical surface properties of polymer films, particularly TEM (track-etched membranes). 2. Laboratory of Diffractional Structural Research Activity profile: X-ray diffraction structural studies on metal-organic compounds originating as degradation products of substances naturally occurring in the environment. Röntgenostructural phase analysis of materials. Studies on interactions in a penetrant-polymer membrane system using small angle scattering of X-rays, synchrotron and neutron radiation. Studies of structural changes occurring in natural and synthetic polymers under influence of ionising radiation applying X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. • KM-4 X-ray diffractometer KUMA DIFFRACTION (Poland) Application: 4-cycle diffractometer for monocrystal studies. • CRYOJET - Liquid Nitrogen Cooling System Oxford Instruments Application: Liquid nitrogen cooling system for KM-4 single crystal diffractometer. • HZG4 X-ray diffractometer Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik (Germany) Application: Powder diffractometers for studies of polycrystalline, semicrystalline and amorphous materials. • URD 6 X-ray diffractometer Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik (Germany) Application: Powder diffractometers for studies of polycrystalline, semicrystalline and amorphous materials. 3. Sol-Gel Laboratory of Modern Materials Activity profile: The research and production of advanced ceramic materials in the shape of powders, monoliths, fibres and coatings by classic sol-gel methods with modifications – IChTJ Process or by CSGP (Complex Sol-Gel Method) are conducted. Materials obtained by this method are the following powders: alumina and its homogeneous mixtures with Cr 2 O 3 , TiO 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , MgO+Y 2 O 3 , MoO 3 , Fe, Mo, Ni and CaO, CeO 2 , Y 2 O 3 stabilized zirconia, β and β’’ aluminas, ferrites, SrZrO 3 , ceramic superconductors, type YBCO (phases 123, 124), BSCCO (phases 2212, 2223), NdBa 2 Cu 3 O x , their nanocomposites, Li-Ni-Co-O spinels as cathodic materials for Li rechargeable batteries and fuel cells MCFC, BaTiO 3 , LiPO 4 , Li titanates: spherical for fusion technology, irregularly shaped as superconductors and cathodic materials, Pt/WO 3 catalyst. Many of the mentioned above systems, as well as sensors, type SnO 2 , were prepared as coatings on metallic substrates. Bioceramic materials based on calcium phosphates (e.g. hydroxyapatite) were synthesized in the form of powders, monoliths and fibres. • DTA and TGA thermal analyser OD-102 Paulik-Paulik-Erdey, MOM (Hungary) Technical data: balance fundamental sensitivity – 20-0.2 mg/100 scale divisions, weight range – 0-9.990 g, galvanometer sensitivity – 1x10 –10 A/mm/m, maximum temperature – 1050 o C. Application: Thermogravimetric studies of materials up to 1050 o C. • DTA and TGA thermal analyser 1500 MOM (Hungary) Technical data: temperature range – 20-1500 o C; power requirements – 220 V, 50 Hz. Application: Thermal analysis of solids in the temperature range 20-1500 o C. • Research general-purpose microscope Carl Zeiss Jena (Germany) Technical data: General purpose microscope, magnification from 25 to 2500 times, illumination of sample from top or bottom side. • Metallographic microscope EPITYP-2, Carl-Zeiss Jena (Germany) Technical data: magnification from 40 to 1250 times. Application: Metallographic microscope for studies in polarized light illumination and hardness measurements. • Laboratory furnace CSF 12/13, CARBOLITE (Great Britain) Application: Temperature treatment of samples in controlled atmosphere up to 1500 o C with automatic adjustment of final temperature, heating and cooling rate.
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