Testing Facilities
| Title | Name of the facility | Make Model | MAJOR SPECIFICATIONS/ ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE | Type of measurement/ Analysis Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIC, Kochi | Scanning Electron Microscope (with EDS) | Jeol 6390LV | Accelerating voltage: 0.5 kV to 30 kV Resolution: 4 nm (30 kV) Magnification: 300,000 EDS Attachment | Surface topography and morphology of materials as well as biological samples EDS for elemental detection and analysis |
| STIC, Kochi | ICP Atomic Emission Spectrometer | Thermo Electron IRIS Intrepid II | Spectral range: 165 - 1000 nm Resolution: 0.005 nm at 200 nm Microwave Digester (Milestone) for sample digestion | Elemental detection and analysis of elements in biological/clinical samples, environmental samples, rocks, soils, clays, composites, minerals and all other materials |
| STIC, Kochi | UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer | Varian Carry 5000 | Range: 190-3200 nm | Usual analysis in the region. Absorption, transmittance and quantitative analysis |
| STIC, Kochi | UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer | Varian Carry 5000 | Range: 190-3200 nm | Usual analysis in the region. Absorption, transmittance and quantitative analysis |
| STIC, Kochi | FT-IR Spectrometer | Thermo Nicolet Avatar 370 | Range: 4000- 400 cm-1 FT-IR database for identification of unknown compounds HATR Assembly | FT-IR spectra of solid and liquid samples |
| STIC, Kochi | Thermal Analysis System (TG/DTA) | Perkin Elmer Diamond TG/DTA | TG Sensitivity : 200 mg DTA Sensitivity: +1000µV Temperature range: Ambient to 1200 0 C | All types of thermal analysis studies/testing |
| STIC, Kochi | Thermal Analysis System (DSC) | Mettler Toledo DSC 822e | Temperature range: -150 0 C to 700 0 C Temp. Accuracy: + 0.2 0 C | DSC thermograms of solid samples |
| STIC, Kochi | GC-Mass Spectrometer | Varian 1200L | Single quadrapole, EI Mass range: 10-800 amu Resolution: 1 amu NIST library | Separation/identification of organic compounds |
| STIC, Kochi | CHNSO Elemental Analyzer | Elementar Vario EL III | Precision >0.1%abs, Auto sampler, Ultra microbalance | Estimation of C, H, N, S, O in solid and liquid samples |
| Punjab University, Chandigarh | Elemental Analyser | Perkin Elmer 2400 | Accuracy: + 0.5% | Estimation of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen in the samples. |
| Punjab University, Chandigarh | HPLC coupled with Amino Acid Analyzer | Simadzu LC10AT | Flow rates range: 0.001 to 9.99 ml/min | Separation and detection of different compounds of complex mixtures in the areas of biochemicals, clinical chemistry, agro-chemistry, environment, food industry and pharmaceutical industry etc. |
| Nagpur University | FT-IR Spectrometer | Nicolet Magna 550II | Range: 400 to 4000 cm-1 | IR Spectra of liquid/solid samples. |
| Nagpur University | Atomic Absorption Spectrometer | GBC 932 | Detection limit: ppm/ppb | Trace element analysis of elements including Al, As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Si, Sn, Zn etc. in rock/ore, soil, water, biological samples etc. |
| Nagpur University | TGA/SDTA | Mettler Tolledo | Temp. range: Ambient to 10000 C | Thermal analysis studies/testing including melting points, crystallization behavior, glass transition, phase transition, thermal stability etc. |
| Nagpur University | DTA | AIMIL 1600 DTA | Temp. range: 4000 C to 16000 C | |
| Nagpur University | DSC | Mettler DSC 30S | Temp. range: -1500 C to 6000 C | |
| Nagpur University | Transmission Electron Microscope | Jeol 1200 EX II | Resolution: upto 4.5 0A Acc. voltage: upto 120 kV | Study of ultrastructures of materials; Photomicrographs of ultrathin sections of biological samples. |
| NEHU, Shillong | Scanning Electron Microscope | Jeol JSM 6360 | Magnification: upto 3,00,000x | Surface topographic studies of microstructures on bulk specimens of biological/non-biological nature. The SEM can accommodate 4 mm diameter specimen and allows observing full coverage of specimen with X, Y and R (rotation) movements of the specimen stage. |
| NEHU, Shillong | Transmission Electron Microscope | Jeol JEM 2100 | Resolution: 1.4Å (Lattice) to 1.9 Å(point to point) Accelerating Voltage: 60-200 KV in 50 V steps. Tilt: ± 25o Magnification: With standard specimen gives x50 to 1,500,000. High Resolution Gatan CCD Camera (2.672x2.672K). Ultramicrotome | Study of ultra-structures of biological samples; Characterization of nano particles, determination of crystal shape, angles and orientation, crystal- defect, electron diffraction studies etc.; High resolution digital micrographs on CD. |
| NEHU, Shillong | Transmission Electron Microscope | Jeol JSM 100 CX II | Magnification: upto 4,50,000 | Study of ultra-structures of biological samples; Characterization of nano particles, determination of crystal shape, angles and orientation, crystal- defect, electron diffraction studies etc. Normal TEM image/micrographs on plate film. |
| NEHU, Shillong | CHNSO Elemental Analyzer | Perkin Elmer 2400 | Accuracy: +0.3% | Simultaneous determination of C, H, N; and/or the determination of Sulphur and Oxygen in the samples. |
| NEHU, Shillong | Atomic Absorption Spectrometer | Perkin Elmer 3110 | Range: 193.7 to 780 nm Detection limit: ppm. | Trace element analysis of elements in rock/ore, oil plants, biological samples, water etc. |
| NEHU, Shillong | Graphite Furnace (transversely heated) | Analytik Jena Vario 6 | Range: 190 to 870 nm Detection limit: ppb. | Direct analysis of solid samples with better detection limits. |
| SICART, Vallabh Vidyanagar | Universal Testing Machine | Simadzu AG 100 KNG | Range: 1 kgf to 10,000 kgf load cells | Bending, compression, Tensile & Inter laminar shear testing of materials. |