List of Hereon equipment
- Electrochemical corrosion testing, including impedance spectroscopy (EIS): Computer controlled potentiostats (GIL), “Electrochemical Pen” for measuring of localised corrosion potentials, Gamry potentiostats
- Coating: Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), spin/dip coaters for polymer coatings
- Stress corrosion cracking (“Slow Strain Rate Test”) Tensile test machines: load capacities: 20 to 100 kN, loading rates: 0.1 µm/h to 70 mm/h, deadweight load frames (20 kN)
- Fatigue testing: Fatigue test machines (load capacities: 10 to 100 kN, loading frequencies: 0.0005 to 200 Hz)
- Wear testing: Pin-on-disk wear tester (rotating and oscillating) (load 1 to 60N)
- General corrosion testing: Salt spray and immersion test cabinets, Natural corrosion test site
- Surface analytical tools :XPS (KRATOS AXIS Ultra DLD),including UV-photo emission (UPS), Auger spectroscopy (SEM/SAM), secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) ( temperature range: -100°C to +600°C)
- Scanning electron microscopy: CAMBRIDGE Stereoscan 200 with BSE detector, Tescan VEGA 3SB and Carl Zeiss, Typ Ultra 55: EDX, EBSD
- Infrared spectroscopy: BRUKER TENSOR with ATR and grazing incidence
- Infrared microscopy: BRUKER HYPERION 2000 with ATR and grazing incidence
- Optical emission spectroscopy: PLASUS EmiCon
- XRD – Bruker D8 Advanced with GI application
- Pull-off equipment (coating adhesion measurements)
- SVET-SIET for local electrochemical measurements, from Applicable Electronics / ScienceWare
- Raman microscope: BRUKER SENTERRA dispersive microscope equipped with laser of 532 and 785 nm.
- Small angle X-ray scattering instrument (Nanostar, Bruker)
- X-ray microCT device (Y.Cougar, YXLON)