1. CENTERS
  2. Youssef Jameel Science and Technology Center
  3. Facilities
  4. Surface Chemistry Facility

Surface Chemistry Facility

The Surface Chemistry group includes Instruments that allow surface and morphological characterization of the samples.
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  • The Physical Gas Absorption is for static physical and chemical adsorption. The Micromeritics ASAP 2020 is providing high-quality surface area, porosity, and chemisorption isotherm data to materials analysis laboratories with ever-expanding analytical requirements.  

    PHYSICAL GAS ABSORPTION (BETASP 2020)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For Reservation:   

    AUC Internal Users  External Users

  • The ChemiSorb 2720 and ChemiSorb 2750 can be equipped to perform chemical and physical absorption tests that are central to the development, testing, and production of catalysts. They employ the dynamic (flowing gas) technique of analysis by which the quantity of gas taken up by the sample or released from the sample surface is monitored by a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD). Data obtained by the instruments can be used to calculate key parameters for catalyst characterization: metal dispersion, active surface area, BET surface area, average crystallite size, surface acidity or basicity, and activation energy via first-order kinetic models.

    CHEMISORB 2750

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For Reservation:     

    AUC Internal Users  External Users

  • The PoreMaster mercury porosimeter (dual high-pressure) generates pressure to 60,000 psia for pore size analysis from 440 micron to 0.0036 micron pore diameter. 

    MERCURY POROSIMETER (POREMASTER G60)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For Reservation: 

    AUC Internal Users  External Users

  • Hydrosorb 1000 offers fully automated, rapid measurement of adsorption and desorption water isotherms including BET surface area calculations and heats of adsorption. 

    WATER VAPOR ABSORPTION ANALYZER (HYDROSORB 1000)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For Reservation:  

    AUC Internal Users  External Users

  • The 240FS AA fast sequential atomic absorption spectrometer brings the productivity and analysis speed of ICP-OES to AA.

    Atomic Absorption (Agilent 240)

     

     

     

     

     

    For Reservation: 

    AUC Internal Users  External Users

  • The ZetaView is a Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) instrument for measuring hydrodynamic particle size, zeta potential, and concentration. ZetaView is used to characterize bio-nanoparticles, Protein agglomeration, Viruses, Polymers, Nanometals,
    and nanoparticles.

    MODEL: ZetaView®

    USES:  Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) instrument for measuring hydrodynamic particle size, zeta potential and concentration

    Zetaview Particle Size Analyzer

     

    For Reservation: 

    AUC Internal Users  External Users

  • The following equipment is for complementary use when access is granted

     METTLER TOLEDO SEVENMULTI TM