Laboratories

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The classrooms and teaching laboratories for the department are located in Hoover Hall.

Our current laboratories contain all the items of equipment and experimental facilities that are necessary to teach the physical concepts and illustrate the important processing operations involving materials:

• Metallography (3355 Hoover)–Light Microcopes, Micro Hardness Testers
• Electron Microscopy/X-Ray Diffraction (3364 Hoover)– XRD, SEM and PSEM
• Thermal Characterization/Mechanical Testing (3365 Hoover)– TGA, TMA, etc
• Electronic Properties (3354 Hoover)
• Materials Synthesis (3347 Hoover)
• Polymer Processing (3344 Hoover)
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Equipment Use and Cost

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Internal Costs

NOTE: Prices double if scans are performed by an operator.

• SEM– $40/hour
• PSEM– $30/hour
• XRD– $25/scan
• DSC, TMA, TGA, DTA– $25/hour

External Costs

NOTE: Prices double if scans are performed by an operator.

• SEM– $80/hour
• PSEM– $60/hour
• XRD– $50/scan
• DSC, TMA, TGA, DTA– $50/hour