Laboratory:
The Guo Labs are fully equipped with unique high-temperature calorimetry instruments, high-pressure apparatus, and a complete synthesis capability for material preparation.
Equipment:
High-Temperature Calorimeters:
Setaram AlexSYS-1000 Calvet-type calorimeter for solution and reaction calorimetry at 500 to 1000 °C
Setaram SetSYS-2400 calorimeter for heats of reaction, heat capacity measurement, thermogravimetry and thermal mechanical analysis from RT to 1500 °C (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) and to 2400 °C (Differential Thermal Analysis)
High-Pressure Apparatus:
Diamond Anvil Cells (pressure: < 50 GPa)
Hydrothermal DAC (P-T: <10 GPa, <800 ˚C)
Mechanical Measurements Apparatus:
ACE RUS008 Resonant Ultrasound Spectrometer for determining elastic properties
Material Synthesis and Characterization:
High temperature Nabertherm tube furnace (1300 °C, inert gas condition)
High temperature Carbolite furnace (1200 °C)
Schlenk line integrated air sensitive synthesis systems (coming soon)
XPR Mettle Toledo microbalance (readability: 0.5 μg)
MT5 Mettle Toledo microbalance (readability: 1 μg)
Bruker Nano S2 Picofox XRF
ORTEC alpha spectrometers
Material Handling Apparatus:
Inert-gas glovebox and radiological glovebox
Leica M80 stereomicroscope and Zoom 2000 stereomicroscopes