Thermodynamics of Materials Research Lab (TMG)
The Thermodynamics of Materials Research Lab is located in the heart of Montreal downtown. It is on the 13th floor of the Engineering building, EV – Sir George Williams Campus.
TMRL Research Facilities
X-Ray Diffractometer
Philips X’Pert Pro Multipurpose X-ray Diffractometer
Ultima 2 ICP
This is an Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES) ICP. It is used for elemental analysis of material.
SEM/EDX
JEOL 35-cf equipped with EDAX system for elemental analysis
DSC/TGA
SETARAM differential scanning calorimeter equipped with thermogravitometer
Thermal Cycling Rig
This equipment will allow samples to be subjected to long cycles of heating and cooling that accurately simulate thermal conditions within a turbine or a jet engine.
Planetary Ball mill
This mill is used for mixing, fine grinding and mechanical alloying.
High temp Dynamic wetting/spreading
This machine is suitable for in-situ monitoring of the wetting or spreading behavior of liquid metals on solid substrates. Tests can be run at high temperature (up to 1200°C) and in a very controlled atmosphere (10-7 torr vacuum).
Optical Microscopy
Olympus optical microscope
Metallographic sample preparation facilities
Grinding, polishing, mounting, etching.. etc.
Furnaces
We have furnaces suitable for sample preparation and heat treatment.
Arc melting Furnace
This is a home-made small arc melting furnace suitable for preparing small samples (button samples) for studying phase diagrams or other purposes.
Levitation melting Furnace
This is a home-made furnace which enables melting of small quantities of materials in a controlled atmosphere.
Diffusion couples and quartz tubes sealing facilities
Micro hardness
Vicker’s micro-hardness tester.
PCTSYS (~PCTPro-2000)
This instrument is for measuring gas sorption properties of materials. It is particularly suited for hydrogen sorption measurements to aid in the development of hydrogen storage and metal hydride battery materials. PCT stands for Pressure Composition Temperature.
Thermal Coating 'coming soon'
Plasma and HVOF systems have been acquired
Other avaliable Research Facilities for TMG
We have access to the following materials research related facilities available at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Concordia University.
Mechanical Testing
Various mechanical testing equipment such as uni-axial and bi-axial tensile testers, hardness, impact toughness.. etc.
Atomic Force microscope
This Digital Instrument Multimode system allows relatively high temperature measurements up to 250°C.
Mechanical Properties of Nano-Materials
Nanoindenter and Nano-Bionix MTS
Thermal Properties
Laser-Flash method
