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226 INSTRUMENTAL LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PILOT PLANTS • Multi-stage MD unit (PROATOM) with 4 chambers equipped with flat sheet membranes for studying isotope separations • US 150 laboratory stand (Alamo Water) for reverse osmosis tests Technical data: working pressure – up to 15 bar, flow rate – 200 dm 3 /h, equipped with two RO modules. • Laboratory stand with 5 different RP spiral wound modules and ceramic replaceable tubular modules • Laboratory set-up for small capillary and frame-and-plate microfiltration and ultrafiltration module examination (capillary EuroSep, pore diameter 0.2 µm and frame-and-plate the INCT modules) • The system for industrial waste water pretreatment Technical data: pressure – up to 0.3 MPa; equipped with ceramic filters, bed Alamo Water filters with replaceable cartridge (ceramic carbon, polypropylene, porous or fibrous) and frame-and-plate microfiltration module. • The set-up for chemically agressive solutions (pH 0-14), high-saline solutions (~50 g/l) in the whole pH range, and of radioactive solutions treatment Technical data: equipped with TONKAFLO high pressure pump, up to 7 MPa, chemically resistant Kiryat Weizmann module (cut-off 400 MW), and high-pressure RO module. • Gas separation system V. DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY 1. Laboratory of Radiation Modified Polymers Activity profile: Modification of polymers by ionising radiation. Radiation-induced radicals in polymers. Optimization of mechanical and chemical properties of biocompatible materials following electron beam and gamma irradiation, biological application of polymers. Nanocomposites and nanofillers modified by ionising radiation. • Extruder PLV-151, BRABENDER-DUISBURG (Germany) Technical data: Plasti-Corder consists of: driving motor, temperature adjustment panel, thermostat, crusher, mixer, extruder with set of extrusion heads (for foils, rods, sleevs, tubes), cooling tank, pelleting machine, collecting device. Application: Preparation of polymer samples. • Equipment for mechanical testing of polymer samples INSTRON 5565, Instron Co. (England) Technical data: high performance load frame with computer control device, equipped with Digital Signal Processing and MERLIN testing software; max. load of frame is 5000 N with accuracy below 0.4% in full range; max. speed of testing 1000 mm/min in full range of load; total crosshead travel – 1135 mm; space between column – 420 mm; the environmental chamber 319-409 (internal dimensions 660x230x240 mm; temperature range – from -70 to 250 o C). Application: The unit is designed for testing of polymer materials (extension testing, tension, flexure, peel strength, cyclic test and other with capability to test samples at low and high temperatures). • Viscosimeter CAP 2000+H, Brookfield (USA) Technical data: range of measurements – 0.8-1500 Pa*s, temperature range – 50-235 o C, cone rotation speed – 5-1000 rpm, sample volume – 30 µl. Computer controlled via Brookfield CALPCALC ® software. Application: Viscosity measurements of liquids and polymer melts. • Differential scanning calorimeter MDSC 2920 CE, TA Instruments Technical data: equipped with liquid nitrogen cooling adapter (LNCA) for 60 l of liquid nitrogen and sample encapsulating press for open or hermetically sealed pans. Module for Modulated DSC is included. Working temperature – from -150 o C with the LNCA to 725 o C. Application: Determines the temperature and heat flow associated with material phase transitions as a function of time and temperature. It also provides quantitative and qualitative data on endothermic (heat absorption) and exothermic (heat evolution) processes of materials during physical transitions that are caused by phase changes, melting, oxidation, and other heat-related changes. • Processor tensiometer K100C Technical data: supplied with the thermostatable sample vessel. Working temperature is from -10 to +100 o C. The height of the sampler carrier is adjusted with the help of a high-precision motor. The balance system is automatically calibrated by a built-in reference weight with a high precision. Resolutions of measurement is 0.01 mN/m.
INSTRUMENTAL LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PILOT PLANTS 227 Application: Surface and interfacial tension measurement of liquids – Du Noüy Ring method and Dynamic Wilhelmy method with range 1-1000 mN/m; dynamic contact angle measurements; surface energy calculations on solids, powders, pigments, fibers, etc.; sorption measurements with the Washburn method for determining the surface energy of a powder-form solid. Controlled by LabDesk software. • Spectrophotometer UV-VIS UNICAM SP 1800 with linear recorder UNICAM AR 25 Technical data: Wavelength – 190-850 nm. • Equipment for gel electrophoresis System consists of: horizontal electrophoresis apparatus SUBMINI Electrophoresis Mini-System, transilluminator UV STS-20M JENCONS (United Kingdom), centrifuge EBA 12 Hettich/Zentrifugen, microwave oven KOR 8167 Daewoo. • Melt flow tester ZWICK 4105, Zwick GmbH (Germany) Technical data: temperature of measurements – 150, 190 and 230 o C; press load – 2.16 and 5.00 kg; manual operating. Application: Determination of standard values of melt-mass flow rate (MFR) of the thermoplastic materials (polymers) under specified conditions of temperature and load (according to standards: PN-EN ISO 1133:<strong>2005</strong>, ASTM 1328); comparison of rheological properties of polymers, including filled materials; comparison of degree of degradation; testing of catalogue data. • Transiluminator UV STS-20M, JENCONS (United Kingdom) Technical information: six 15 W bulbs, emitted 312 nm wavelength, which corresponds to the fluorescence excitation maximum of ethidium bromide. Product description: For visualisation of ethidium bromide – stained nucleic acids fluorescence detection systems. Fluorescence intensity is enhanced, while photobleaching and photonicking of stained nucleic acids are reduced. 2. Radiation Sterilization Pilot Plant of Medical Devices and Tissue Grafts Activity profile: Research and development studies concerning new materials for manufacturing single use medical devices (resistant to radiation up to sterilization doses). Elaboration of monitoring systems and dosimetric systems concerning radiation sterilization processing. Introducing specific procedures based on national and international recommendations of ISO 9000 and PN-EN 552 standards. Sterilization of medical utensils, approx. 70 million pieces per year. • Electron beam accelerator UELW-10-10, NPO TORIJ (Moscow, Russia) Technical data: beam energy – 10 MeV, beam power – 10 kW, supply power – 130 kVA. Application: Radiation sterilization of medical devices and tissue grafts. • Spectrophotometer UV-VIS Model U-1100, Hitachi Technical data: wavelength range – 200-1100 nm; radiation source – deuterium discharge (D 2 ) lamp, and tungsten-iodine lamp. • Spectrophotometer UV-VIS Model SEMCO S/EC Technical data: wavelength range – 340-1000 nm, radiation source – halogen lamp. Application: Only for measurements of dosimetric foils. • Bacteriological and culture oven with temperature and time control and digital reading Incudigit 80L Technical data: maximum temperature – 80 o C, homogeneity – ±2%, stability – ±0.25%, thermometer error – ±2%, resolution – 0.1 o C. 3. Laboratory of Radiation Microwave Cryotechnique Activity profile: Radiation processes in solids of catalytic and biological importance: stabilization of cationic metal clusters in zeolites, radical reactions in polycrystalline polypeptides, magnetic properties of transition metals in unusual oxidation states; radical intermediates in heterogeneous catalysis. • Electron spin resonance X-band spectrometer (ESR) Bruker ESP-300, equipped with: frequency counter Hewlett-Packard 5342A, continuous flow helium cryostat Oxford Instruments ESR 900, continuous flow nitrogen cryostat Bruker ER 4111VT, ENDOR-TRIPLE unit Bruker ESP-351. Application: Studies of free radicals, paramagnetic cations, atoms and metal nanoclusters as well as stable paramagnetic centers.
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