Instruments
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Desktop Hot Press (Technosupply) For the preparation of polymer sheets Temperature: 0-270°C Pressure: 0-40MPa |
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Two-Roll Mixer (Imoto Machinery) For the preparation of polymer blends and composites Temperature: 25-250°C |
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Tensile Testing Machine (Instron, Model 4466, with a constant temperature bath by Shimadzu) For tensile tests, cycle tests and stress-relaxation tests Temperature: -60-250°C Elongation Speed: 0.1-100 mm/min |
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Tensile Testing Machine (Shimadzu, AG-IS, with air-chucks) For tensile tests, compression tests Elongation Speed: 0.1-100 mm/min |
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Miniature Tensile Testing Machine (Abe-Seisakujyo) A portable miniature machine Elongation Speed: 1-100 mm/min Maximum Load: 50N |
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Biaxial Elongation Machine (Katotech, with a constant temperatue bath) Temperature: 60-250°C Elongation Speed: 0.1-100 mm/min |
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Bending Machine (Abe-Seisakujyo) For clamped and free three-point bending tests |
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Constant True Stress Creep Machine (Rindai Echo) Measures a sample cross section during under the loading, and controls the true stress to be constant by feeding back the loading Enables Creep tests under a constant true stress (patent) |
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Dynamic Viscoelastic Measurement Machine (Rheology, DVE-V4) Measures the viscoelastic properties of samples for different temperauters and frequencies Temperature: -180-300°C Frequency: 0.1-300 Hz |
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Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Perkin Elmer, DiamondDSC) for measring melting points, crystallinities, and crystallization speed Temperature: -50-600°C |
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Polarized Optical Microscope (Olympus) |
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Density Measurement Kit (Mettler-Toledo) Measures the densities and crystallinities by using the Archimedes method |
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Rotational Molding Machine (Abe Seisakujyo) for rotational molding |
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Opto Rheometer (Orc Manufacturing) for high-speed elongations with birifrengence measurements very accurate temperature control |
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Fourier-Transformed Infrared Spectrometer (Oriel) for measurements of molecular orientations during the elongation process polarized infrared spectra can be measured |
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Raman Spectrometer (Home-made) for measurements of polymer chain level properties during the elongation process polarizaed Raman spectra can be measured |
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