Department Research Facilities

Analytical facilities

• Confocal microscopes
• Infrared and ultraviolet spectrophotometers
• Atomic absorption spectrometers
• Micro-Raman/ FTIR/FT-Raman spectrometers
• luminescence spectrometer
• Mass spectrometer
• Gas/HPLC chromatographs
• Ion chromatograph
• Streaming potential detector
• Gas adsorption Analyzer
• Mercury Porosimeter
• Gas Pycnometer Dynamic Mechanical Analyser
• DataPysics dynamic surface-tension tester
• IGT Printability tester
• Hydroscope (Emulsion tack measurement)
• Thermal gravimetric and differential thermal analyser
• Weissenberg rheogoniometer
• Capillary rheometer and other viscometers
• Surface area and pore size analyzers (ASAP Requisition Form (doc, 52kb))

Major equipment

APPI

• Automated, variable humidity test rigs (DMTA, Instron, Creep)
• Micro Thermal Atomic Force Microscope
• Cyberflex fibre flexibility tester
• Pilot-scale pulping and bleasching rigs
• High-speed drainiage and papermaking simulator

Adsorption

• Pressure-swing adsorption pilot plants
• Adsorption equilibrium/kinetics test units
• Breakthrough unit
• Parr autoclave reactor Quartz furnace-tube reactor

Fuel reaction engineering

Particle technology

Rheology

• Filament-stretching rheometer

Biochemical Engineering

• Bio-Rad Duoflow Chromatography Unit with Quad-Tech (4 x different on-line wavelength measurement)
• 20 L sterilizable in place fermenter, New Brunswick (to arrive soon)
• Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu)
• Fluorometer (Shimadzu)
• Bio-Rad DNA electrophoresis and SDS-Page Gel equipment and digital imaging system
• Centrifuge I: fixed angle 24 x 2 ml to 15 000 rpm and spinning bucket to 4500 rpm, 4 x 750 ml
• Centrifuge II: spinning bucket to 3000 rpm, 8 x 50 ml
• Ulrafiltration (Pellicon system)
• Other pilot scale filtration equipment
• Atomic force microscope
• 40 kHz ultrasonic atomizer / sonicator
• Digital microscope
• Cat 2 Safety CabinetUltralow freezer (-80 oC)
• 2 x shaker incubators
• Millipore pyrogen free water handling
• 500 L Atherton Tangent Tiger Autoclave