242 - Characterization Lab 1

Serves as a Barnstead Nanopure (water purifier) attachment. Pulls water into the machine.

Serves as a Barnstead Nanopure (water purifier) attachment. Dispenses water remotely. Allows you to mount the Nanopure while maintaining a source of high purity water and convenient dispensing.

Purifies water to eliminate any contamination that may alter results. Produces water that exceeds ASTM™, ISO 3696 and CLSI-CLRW Type I water requirements. 

Control features inside the X-CITE Led Light Source

High-power LED light source designed to optimize fluorophore excitation. Fluorophores absorb and emit light. They are used as a tracer fluid or dye for staining certain structures. When they emit light, we can visualize the distribution of the specimen’s molecular structure and how it reacts to the environment.

Its unique plug-and-play modularity allows the system to evolve alongside changing research applications, with easily interchangeable LED modules. 

Control current provided to Metricon Prism Coupler

Control temperature inside the Metricon Prism Coupler

Utilizes advanced optical waveguiding techniques to measure both the thickness and the refractive index of dielectric and polymer films, as well as refractive index of bulk materials. These will help us measure the purity and concentration of particles in the sample.

Makes measuring thin films, coatings and small volumes of material easy. Among its applications you will find hardness and modulus measurements, high speed material property maps, ISO 14577 hardness testing, polymer tan delta, storage and loss modulus, and high Temperature Nanoindentation Testing. These will help to further understanding of a material’s behavior.