Infrastructure

• Students use the infrastructure of the Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Materials Engineering at UEPG, which together comprise a constructed area of approximately 1,450 m² and include the following laboratory infrastructure:

Microstructural Characterization

• Gold coater

• Polarized light optical microscope with accessories for photomicrography (magnification up to 400X)

• Reflected light optical microscopes with photomicrography accessories (magnification up to 1250X)

• Stereoscopic microscope (magnification up to 150X) – LEICA VM HTMOT

Physicochemical Characterization

• X-ray Diffraction Equipment – SHIMADZU XRD 6000

• X-ray Fluorescence – SHIMADZU EDX-700

• Thermo-Mechanical Analyzer – TA 2940

• Infrared Spectrometer – NICOLET NEXUS 470

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – SHIMADZU TA 60

• Specific surface area analyzer – QUANTACHROME

• Laser granulometer – CILAS 920

• Differential and Thermogravimetric Analysis – NETZSCH STA 409

• Dilatometer – NETZSCH 402

• Helium pycnometer for real solid density measurement – ULTRACHROME

• Karl Fischer Titration Unit

Mechanical Testing

• Mechanical testing machine for flexural strength – NANNETI

• Universal Testing Machine – SHIMADZU AUTOGRAPH AGS – 10 kN

• Universal Testing Machine – SHIMADZU AUTOGRAPH AGS – 250 kN

• LEICA Microhardness Tester

• SHIMADZU HMV2 Series Microhardness Tester

• Vickers and Brinell Hardness Testers

• Shore Hardness Tester

• Rockwell Hardness Tester

• Charpy Impact Testing Machine

• Abrasion Tester – SERVITECH

Electrical and Thermal Measurements

• Impedance Analyzer

• High Voltage Power Supply – KEITHLEY

• Laser Flash thermal conductivity equipment

• Potentiostat/Galvanostat for corrosion studies

• Stabilized Power Supply

Ceramic Processing and Sintering Laboratory

• 3 Lindberg tube furnaces (up to 1100°C)

• 1 Lindberg tube furnace (up to 1700°C)

• 2 Lindberg box furnaces (up to 1700°C)

• 4 sintering furnaces (up to 1200°C) – JUNG

• 2 sintering furnaces (up to 1400°C) – JUNG

• Hydraulic Press up to 30 tons – NANNETI

• Mini Spray Drier

• Eccentric mill

• Hammer mill

• Laboratory pug mill

• Ball mills

• Rapid firing kiln

• Composite processing equipment via squeeze casting

• BROOKFIELD Viscometer

• Set of viscometers for kinematic viscosity with thermal bath

• Polymer film fabrication equipment via dip coating

• 15- and 30-ton hydraulic presses

Polymer Processing Laboratory

• Single-screw extruder

• Thermoplastic injection molding machine Boy-55T

Metals Processing Laboratory

• Sintering furnace for metal powders

• Rolling mill

High-Energy Milling Laboratory

• SPEX 8000 High-Energy Mill

• Attritor mill with accessories

Mechanical Workshop

• Lathe for sample and die fabrication

• Milling machine for die fabrication

• Drill press

• Serial cutting machine

Metallography Laboratory

• Metallographic cutter

• Grinders

• Metallographic polishers

Support Equipment

• Precision balances

• Air-circulating ovens up to 300ºC

• Standard ovens

Students also have access to UEPG’s Multiuser Laboratory (funded by FINEP CT-INFRA), which includes:

• FEG
• SEM
• XRD
• XRF (WDS)
• Microtomograph
• FTIR
• UV-VIS
• RAMAN
• TG/DTA/DSC
• TMA
• Nanoindenter
• ZETA/DLS
• Electrochemical Station
• Tribometer
• BET
• Dichroism
• Laser Granulometer
• Optical Microscope
• Rolling Ball Viscometer
• Nano Spray Dryer
• Rheometer
• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Flame and Graphite Furnace)
• Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
• Nitrogen Liquefier
• Ultrafreezer -86°C
• Refrigerated Ultracentrifuge
• Lyophilizer
• Furnace 1000ºC
• CHN Elemental Analyzer, 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for solid and liquid samples (NMR)
• TOC Analyzer
• Microwave Furnace
• ICP-OES
• XPS
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Cutting Machine.