Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry
Mercury porosimetry analysis is the progressive intrusion of mercury into a porous structure under controlled pressures. From the pressure versus intrusion data, the instrument generates volume and size distributions using the Washburn equation.
Mössbauer Spectroscopy Group
Mössbauer Spectroscopy has been used in research and teaching at Sheffield Hallam University for more than 30 years
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a type of Scanning Probe Microscopy that can be operated in air or water
Contact Angle Measurement
The contact angle is the angle which is formed at the three-phase interface between a solid, a liquid drop and air or another gas. Such measurements can be used to determine wettability, which provides an indication of how effectively a liquid will spread over a surface.
Analysis and coating characterisation testing equipment
A list of equipment for Analysis and coating characterisation testing at the Materials and Engineering Research Institute
Thermal Conductivity Test
Thermal conductivity ('k value') is a property of a material that determines how much heat is conducted through it for a given temperature difference
Friction and wear testing facilities
The tribometer is applied to evaluate the friction and wear properties of various materials, such as hard coatings, hardened metals and ceramics, soft and solid lubricant materials.
Corrosion Testing Facilities
The Centre for Corrosion Technology has the equipment and expertise to carry out both accelerated environmental and electrochemical tests, as appropriate to your needs.
PVD coating equipment
A Hauzer HTC 1000-4/ ABS (Arc Bond Sputter) coating unit is housed in the laboratory based at the NTCPVD. This unit is primarily a research, development and pilot production machine
Lesker UHV Sputtering Rig
Ultra high vacuum PVD system with three magnetron sources and one UHV arc source