Instruments Available through the Drexel ASIM Lab
Physio-Chemical and Microstructural Characterization Techniques:
- Vapor sorption analyzer (SA Q5000) - Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC Q20) - Thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA Q5000 IR) - TAM Air isothermal calorimeter - Optical microscopes Durability and Service-Life Assessment Testing: - Electrical resistivity measurement - Electrical impedance spectroscopy - Chloride profile and corrosion rate - Half-cell potential - Chloride migration testing (RCP) - Freeze-thaw testing (LGCC, ASTM C666, and ASTM C672) - Alkali silica reaction evaluation (ASTM C227, ASTM C1260, ASTM C1293, and ASTM C1567) - Carbonation measurement - Water permeability Non-Destructive Evaluation Techniques: - Acoustic emission with waveform analysis - Electrical sensing - Pulse velocity - Resonant frequency - Impact echo - Reinforcement location (cover meter) - In‐place strength study (rebound hammer and testing cores) |
Instruments Available through the Drexel Bossone Core Facilities
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) with Auger
- XPS and AES Spectrometer (Physical Electronics VersaProbe 5000) Ultrafast Spectroscopy - Femtosecond Visible Transient Absorption Spectrometer (Ultrafast Systems Helios) - Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectrometer Scanning Electron Microscopy - Scanning Electron Microscope (Zeiss Supra 50VP) with EDS (Oxford) - Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (FEI XL30) with EDS (EDAX) and EBSD (TSL) Transmission Electron Microscopy - Transmission Electron Microscope (JEOL JEM2100) Focused Ion Beam - Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam - SEM (FEI Strata DB235) X-Ray Diffraction - X-Ray Diffractometer (Rigaku SmartLab) - X-Ray Diffraction Database (JADE 7.0, MDI, Inc) Small/Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) - Small/Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) (Rigaku S-MAX 3000) Micro Computed Tomography (MicroCT) - Micro Computed Tomography System (MicroCT) (Skyscan 1172) Nano indentation - Nanoindenter XP with CSM (MTS) Microfabrication - ICP Deep Reactive Ion Etching (STS) - E-beam Evaporator (BOC Edwards A306) - Thermal Evaporator (Thermionics VE 90) - Optical Profiler (Zygo NewView 6000) - Mask Aligner (Karl Zuss MJB-3) - Laser Ablation System (Resonetics RapidX 250 Workstation) - Carver Heated Press Sample Preparation |