Laboratory equipment in the Physical chemistry laboratories

KT 206 Physical chemistry laboratory

Spectroscopy

• Nicolet 6700 FT-IR spectrometer
  (Work area: NIR, MIR; incl. ATR unit)
• Nicolet iN10 MX FT-IR microscope
  (Chemical mapping with motorized slide stage possible)
• Nicolet DXR Smart Raman spectrometer
  (Excitation wavelength: 780 nm; sample holder for solid and liquid samples)
• Cary 100 UV/VIS spectrometer
  (Range: 200-900 nm; special equipment: Ulbricht-Kugel)
• Cary 100 UV/VIS spectrometer
  (Range: 200-900 nm; Peltier-tempered cuvette holder
• Fluorescence spectrometer Cary Eclipse
  (Range: 200-900 nm; Peltier-tempered cuvette holder)
• Fluorescence spectrometer Cary Eclipse
  (Range: 200-900 nm; polarization filter)

Physical chemistry

• Adsorption apparatus for determining the specific surface area of disperse solids using the BET method
  (self-developed equipment)
• LUMiSizer analytical centrifuge
  (Determining the stability of dispersions and suspensions, determination of the particle
  size distribution, temperature range: 4-60 °C)
• Pocket Dyne BP2100 Bubble pressure tensiometer
  (measurement of the dynamic surface tension)
• DMA 4500 density meter
  (measurement range: 0-3 g/cm³; resolution: 0.0005; temperature range: 10-90 °C)
• Abbemat WR refractometer
  (measurement range: 1.30-1.72 nD; resolution: 0.000001 nD; temperature range: 10-70 °C)
• K100C tensiometer
  (Measurement of static surface tension and wetting tension)
• Circulating apparatus for measuring vapour-liquid equilibria
• Ubbelohde DC 15 viscometer
  (kinematic viscosity of Newtonian fluids or viscosity number of polymer solutions)
• C200 combustion calorimeter (for liquid and solid samples)

KT 208 Furnace Chamber

• Heating ovens (type 6060 from Heraeus) for the thermal ageing of plastics in the temperature range: RT - 250 °C
• Programmable lab oven (Memmert) for the temperature range: RT - 250 °C
• Vacuum drying oven (made by Precison) for the drying of materials
• Climatic cabinet (Binder company) for the goal-oriented adjustment of temperature and air humidity

KT 209 Research & Development

Two MCR 301 rheometers - Air-bearing rheometers with a large number of different measuring configurations:

• Peltier temperature chamber for cone and plate measuring systems;
  tempering range: -40-200 °C; high heating and cooling rates;
  wide application range: greases, cosmetics, food...
• Electrical tempering chamber for cone and plate measuring systems;
  tempering range: RT - 400 °C; suitable for measurements on polymer melts, hot glues, resins. etc.
• Cylinder measuring systems / double gap; tempering range: -20-200 °C; suitable for filled and unfilled low-viscosity liquids
• Tempering chamber with convection heating and solid state clamping device; temperature range: 20-450 °C; suitable for dynamic-mechanical measurements on solids

• UV chamber with HI-Power LEDs (450 nm);
  proprietary design; suitable for UV-sensitive reactive resins
• Dynamic differential calorimeter (DSC 204 Phoenix, Netzsch) for thermal analysis of chemical reactions (e.g. cross-linking processes) and physical processes (e.g. specific evaporation enthalpy) in the temperature range of -170-500 °C
• Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC 30, Mettler Toledo) for the thermal analysis of chemical reactions and physical processes in the temperature range of -170-500 °C
• Thermobalance (TG 50, Mettler Toledo) for the thermal stability of substances and materials in the temperature range from room temperature to 600 °C
• Apparatus (own construction) for the dynamic measurement of the vapour pressure of liquids within the temperature range of -40-150 °C
• Apparatus for measuring the vapour pressure as a function of the isothermally evaporating mass fraction
• Apparatus for measuring gas solubility in the pressure range 0-2 bar and -10-100 °C