Wyatt Dawn Flow laser LSI SEC system solidstate transmission light Cincinnati Milacron

SCHOOL OF POLYMERS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIALS

SHELBY FRELAND THAMES POLYMER SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION LIST





CHROMATOGRAPHY

*Varian 500 MS System

LC/MS/MS and MSn capability

Electrospray ionization detector (ESI)

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization detector (APCI)

Prostar 420 Autosampler

*Polymer Laboratories PL-ELS 1000 evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD)

Waters 2414 refractive index detector

Waters 1525 binary HPLC pump

Waters 515 HPLC pump

Waters Millennium32 software

*Waters 510 pump, 440 UV, R401RI analytical HPLC system

*Waters 2690 HPLC/GPC analysis system

*Spectra/Chrome preparative LC

*Dual GPC size exclusion systems

Aqueous Ultrahydrogel columns

THF 3 PL-gel columns

Polymer Labs Caliber 5.1 software

*Hewlett Packard capillary HPLC

1050 pump, 1047A RI, 3396 integrator, cyano capillary column

*Spectra Physics System reverse phase HPLC

*Hewlett Packard 6890 GC

MSD 6890 Mass Selective Detector

6890 auto sampler

Windows NT operating system with enhanced chemstation software

*Thermo Finnigan Trace 2000 GC with auto sampler

- Twin flame ionization detectors

- Fully automated data acquisition and analysis

- Chromquest software

*Pervaporation unit, liquid separations using films

*Linde Gas Permeation device



COATINGS LABORATORY

*Salt fog chamber

*Prohesion chamber

*Gardner impact tester

*Gardner minimum film forming temperature bar 90

*Fusion systems EPIQ6000 ultraviolet curing apparatus

*QUV accelerated weathering testers







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*Gardco statistical novogloss gloss meter

*Thickness gauges

Dial

Minitest 4000

Fisher permascope

Digital micrometer

PosiTector 6000-FN3

PosiTector 100 ultra-sonic multi-surface film

*Elcometer portable adhesion tester

*Draw down bars

*Shar Incorporated high-speed mixer

*Myers Engineering high-speed mixer

*Eiger mill

*Kinetic Dispersion Corporation Kady Mill

*VWR electric curing oven

*Teledyne taber abrader

*Paul Gardner dry time recorder

*Sward rocker hardness tester

*BYK-Gardner micro tri gloss meter

*Gardner EZ viscosity cups

*Gardco/Hoffman SAM tester

*Norton ball mill

*Microfluidics microfluidizer

*Craftsman 6 hp 60-gallon compressor

*Gardner conical mandrel bend tester

*Gardner mandrel bend tester

*Ford viscosity cups

*Contact angle tester

*Hegman gauge

*Pencil scratch hardness tester

*Crosshatch adhesion tester

*Weight per gallon cups

*Gardner glossgard system

*PTC instrument durometer

*Gardner bubble viscometer

*Binks model 7 paint spray gun

*Binks model 1SL HVLP spray guns

*Forced air ventilation paint spray booth (10’x8’x8’)

*Shar D-38 SPZ 30 gallon mixing system

*BYK-Gardner color guide 45/0º hand held colorimeter with computer interface

*BYK-Gardner handheld color spectrophotometer

*Little Joe one-color proofing press

*Anthony laboratory three-roll mill

*BYK Gardner byko spectra 5 light booth

*BYK Gardner Haze gloss system

*Gardco Sagmeter Medium Range







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EMULSION POLYMERIZATION

*Dow DCU controller, Camile 2000

*Dual Masterflex 7518-10 console drive pumps

*Dual KD scientific RS 232, dual-syringe pumps

*Fisher isotemp 730 immersion circulator

*Mettler RC1e reaction calorimeter



INK PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

*Parker Print-surf model M590 measuring 0.6 to 14.0 microns with automatic

statistical analysis, data printer, built in calibration routines, test and calibration

set, porosity test head

*TMI ink rub tester with three speed settings

*TMI digital bench micrometer

*TMI K303 Multicoater with gravure laminating head, engraved head, and flexo

head

*IGT AIC2-5 T2000 Paper Coating Testing unit

*IGT High Speed inking unit

*RK Flexiproof 100 Ink Proofing System

* BYK Gardner 75 Degree Gloss Meter



LIGHT SCATTERING INSTRUMENTATION

*Brice-Phoenix universal photometer

*Brice-Phoenix differential refractometer

*Chromatix KMX-6 low-angle laser photometer with autocorrelator interfaced to

an HP-85 computer

*Chromatix KMX-16 laser differential refractometer

*Wyatt Dawn-Flow laser LSI in-line with SEC system

*2.0 mW solid-state transmission light scattering apparatus/camera



MICROSCOPY/IMAGING

*JEOL JEM-2100 Transmission Electron Microscope with Rigaku Ultima III X-ray

detector

*FEI Quanta 200 environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) with

Thermo-NORAN Vantage light element EDAX X-ray detector

* Nanoscope® MultiMode™ scanning probe microscope (SPM) with multiple

application modules

*Dimension 3000 atomic force microscope (AFM) with NanoScope® IIIa

controller from Veeco

*Agilent 5500 atomic force microscope with top-down scanning and multipurpose

closed-loop scanner from 90 um to 670 nm

*Zeiss optical polarizing microscope

*Nikon optical polarizing microscopes with video and hot stage









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*Nikon compound and dissecting microscopes with video, 35mm, and digital

imaging capability

*Kodak DC290 digital microscopy system

*Leitz optical polarizing microscope

*Leica EM UC6 Ultramicrotome and Cryoultramicrotome FC6

*Bromma LKB 7800 knife maker

*Reichert-Jung FC-4E cryo-microtome

*Keyence VHS 600 digital microscope with 3D imaging capability, multi-angle

observation base, and magnification range from 20-200X.

*Vision Research Phantom v5.1 color, high-speed camera and 24-70mm and 70-

200mm lenses







OSMOMETRY

*Knauer membrane osmometer

*Knauer vapor phase osmometer



PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZERS

*MATEC capillary hydrodynamic fractionation unit , (CHDF 2000 with

autosampler)

*Microtrac UPA 250 Sub-micron analyzer

*Microtrac (SRA) with powder and liquid capabilities

*Coulter N4 sub-micron analyzer

*Horiba laser scattering particle size analyzer



POLYMER PROCESSING

*Cincinnati Milacron CAMAC VSx 85-ton injection molding machine

*Battenfield Unilog 4000 17-ton injection molding machine

*Prism TSE 16TC Bench top extruder

*Boy 15S injection molder

*Rotational molder

*Compression molder

*Pressure and vacuum forming equipment

*Extrusion facilities

Wire coating, ribbon, blown film, annular, and Hann Slit dies

*Haake Rheocord 90 twin-screw extruder

*Cober model LBM 1.2A Microwave/Convection oven



POLYMER TESTING - PHYSICAL

*MTS 810 universal test machine with TestStar™ Digital Controller

Variable temperature/atmosphere chamber (-200°C to 350°C)

5 to 20,000 lb load cells

*MTS Alliance RT/10 with DX2000 extensiometer

*Instron Dynatup 8250 Instrumented Impact Tester

*Hysitron Triboindenter® nanomechanical testing system.







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*Polyken Probe-Tack tester, testing machine, model 80-02

*Custom Scientific Izod impact tester

*Melt deflection testing equipment

*Kruss tensiometer`

*First Ten Angstroms FTA200 goniometer

*Tinius Olsen Izod impact tester

*Blue-M Environmental test chamber 16 cu.ft. -73°C to 190°C, 10-98% RH over

45°F to190°F



POWDER COATINGS

*Henschel FM-10 premixer

*Cyclomix 5L premixer

*Werner-Pfleiderer ZSK-30 twin-screw extruder

*Micron Powder System Bantam mill with cryogenic support for processing

*Kemutec sieve (65-145 μm size)

*Nordson spray booth with tribo-charging and corona-charging spray guns

*Plastic Flame Systems powder pistol flame spray

*Dri Quick 8000 watt infrared oven

*Raytek Raynger ST4L variable emissivity infrared thermometer

*Despatch gas oven

*Vitamixer powder mixer

*Thermoelectric Company cure plate (gel time recorder)

*Sames fluidized bed

*IKA Works Inc. laboratory analytical mill

*VWR Model 1685, horizontal air flow oven, 25 cu.ft. capacity, 40 to 260°C

temperature range

*Fostoria Industries experimental infrared curing oven, 3 zone 6 bank variable

wavelength IR with conveyor

* Nutro combination UV/IR curing oven

*Tangent Systems, Inc. Tempest data logger. 500°F maximum service

temperature



RHEOLOGY

*TA Instruments ARES LS2 rheometer with force convection oven, extensional

viscosity fixture, UV curing option, and dielectric thermal analysis option.

*Rheometric Scientific SR-5000 dynamic and steady state testing from -40°C to

250°C including Peltier, double wall couette, heated plates, and cup and bob

stages

TA Instruments ARES rheometer

*Falling-ball

*Brookfield viscometers equipped with DV Gather software

*Stormer viscometer

*Seiko Instruments SDM 5600 dynamic mechanical spectrometer with DMS110

bending/shear and DMS210 tensile modules

*Polymer Laboratories DMTA Mk III dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer







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*Haake TP-24 rheometer

*Contraves low-shear 30 viscometers

*Cannon-Ubbleholde and zero-shear viscometers

*Instron Capillary Rheometer Model 3211

*Tinius Olson Extrusion Plastometer (melt indexer)

*Custom Scientific Extrusion Plastometer (melt indexer)

*Brabender Plasticorder

*ICI cone and plate viscometer

*Bohlin RH7 Flowmaster advance capillary rheometer



SPECTROSCOPY – NMR

*Varian UNITY-INOVA 500 MHz spectrometer

3-channel system, 2 full band 1 low band, 2 channels with waveform

generators

Magnet equipped with vibration isolators

FTS cooling system for extend -5C operation

VT controller

Performa III gradient

2 probes

2-channel 5mm standard broadband PFG probe

3-channel 5mm PFG inverse probe

SUN ULTRA 10 workstation

*Varian UNITY-INOVA 400 MHz solids spectrometer

3-channel system, 2 full band, 1 low band, and 2 channels with waveform

generators

3 KW amplifiers (2 AMT models, Chemagnetics 1H amplifier)

VT controller

MAS controller

2 probes

2-channel 7.5 mm broadband Chemagnetics CP/MAS probe, VT range -

100C to 250C

3-channel 4mm HXY Chemagnetics REDOR probe, VT range -100C to

250C

SUN ULTRA 5 workstation

*Varian MERCURY 300 spectrometer

2-channel 4 nuclei system (1H, 13C, 19F, 31P)

Performa I gradient

2-channel 5mm standard broadband PFG probe

VT controller

*Varian MERCURY 200 spectrometer

2-channel 4 nuclei system (1H, 13C, 19F, 31P)

2-channel 5mm standard broadband probe

VT controller

*Bruker MSL-200 solids spectrometer

Retro-fitted with a standard broadband 2 channel Chemagnetics 7.5 mm

CP/MAS probe





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SPECTROSCOPY - IR

*Bio-Rad FTS 6000 Step-Scan spectrometer with Stingray IR imaging software

and photoacoustic and ATR attachments with UMS 500 microspectroscope

*Perkin-Elmer 1600 Series FTIR

*Nicolet IR/42 FTIR

*Digilab Scimitar FTS-2000/UMA 400 IR Microscope with pyrolysis, variable

ATR, slide-on micro ATR analyzer, diffuse reflectance, and specular reflectance

sampling capability and 75,000 spectra searchable database

*Mettler Toledo ReactIR 1000 with variable optics module for remote sensing

with diamond and silicon probes

*Mettler Toledo ReactIR iC10 with diamond probe and controlled heating platen

*Mattson Galaxy series FTIR with TGA interface

*FieldSpec Pro FR portable infrared spectrometer



SPECTROSCOPY – UV/VIS

*Perkin-Elmer Lambda 6 UV/Vis spectrophotometer interfaced to an Epson PC



SPECTROSCOPY - MASS

*PerSeptive Biosystems MALDI mass spectrometer with Voyager RP

Biospectrometry workstation, molecular weight in the millions, end group analysis

below 25,000



THERMAL/CALORIMETRIC ANALYSIS

*TA Instruments DSC1000 with auto-sampler

*TA Instruments TGA500 with auto-sampler

*Perkin Elmer DSC 7 photo-DSC with 450 watt low-pressure mercury lamp

*DuPont 910 DSC

*DuPont 951 thermogravimetric analyzer

*DuPont 982 DMA dynamic mechanical analyzer with 9900 data station system

*Mettler FP 80 microscope

Programmable hot stage

High-speed camera

Bascom-Turner 4120 electronic recorder

Mettler Graphware 7.2 software

*TA Instruments 930 differential photocalorimeter

*TA Instruments 2920 differential scanning calorimeter

*TA Instruments SDT 2960 simultaneous DTA-TGA

*Mettler TGA 850 thermogravimetric analyzer

*Mettler DSC 30 differential scanning calorimeter

*Perkin-Elmer DSC-7 differential scanning calorimeter with TAC 7/DX thermal

analyzer controller





VIDEO EDITING CAPABILITY/WEB PAGE CREATION

*Dell 530 Workstation







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*Adobe Creative Suite 2

Adobe Photoshop CS2

Adobe Illustrator CS2

Adobe Indesign CS2

Adobe Designer 7.0

Adobe ImageReady CS2

*Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio Premium

Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0

Adobe After Effects 7.0

Adobe Audition 2.0

Adobe Encore DVD 2.0



*Boris RED Version 2.1 effects software

*Panasonic AG-DVC200 digital video camera

*Panasonic AG-DV2000 VTR digital video deck

*Dreamweaver MX

*Flash 5

*Fireworks 4

*Freehand 10



VIRTUAL REALITY

*SGI Onyx 3400 Advanced Visualization system



Wood Composites

*Watlow/SRT 180 Ton Hydraulic Press w/26” x 26” heated plattens

*Henschel FM L 40 mixer



X-RAY ANALYSIS - POWDER

*Siemens XPD-700 area detector system with GADDS PC-based data

acquisition and manipulation package with 3-axis camera and variable

temperature device (1200°C max)

*Phillips PW-1720 powder and fiber WAXD with darkroom



X-RAY ANALYSIS - SINGLE CRYSTAL

*Rigaku AFC6S automated diffractometer with TEXSAN™ structure solution

package



X-RAY ANALYSIS - SAXS

*Siemens 18 kW rotating anode source, super model 7616 double mirror

focusing system, 3 meter camera rail, Siemens HiStar area detector system



MISCELLANEOUS

*Laboratory autoclave for curing of composite materials

*Vacuum table for composites layup

*Edwards short path distillation system/wiped film evaporator

*Mettler Toledo Density XS system







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*Orion AF8 Volumetric Karl-Fischer water analysis unit

*Varian 109Q ESR

*Hewlett-Packard 4192A impedance analyzer with HP-85 data station

*Time resolved, single –photon counting fluorescence spectrometer

*Nanosecond laser flash photolysis system

*Solartron 1255 HF frequency response analyzer with 1286 electrochemical

interface

*Parr reactors with 300 mL and 600 mL capacity

*Spontaneous combustion apparatus - ASTM E771

*Dry ice pelletizer

*Cyclone DNA synthesizer

*Fabrication shop

Machining

Computer aided manufacturing

Quality Control

Welding

Sheet metal

Bridgeport CNC milling machine

*Glass shop

Glass blowing equipment

*Electronics shop

Computer aided design

Automated test equipment

Prototyping equipment

Analog and digital equipment repair

*Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI)

SLS rapid prototyping machines

Sinterstation 2000

Sinterstation 2500 plus

Laserform Oven

Computrac Max 2000 moisture analyzer

Atlas HDV2 DTUL/VICAT 300°C heat distortion unit

Arizona Instruments MAX 2000 moisture analyzer

Tensilkut sample preparation unit

Flow Injection Analysis Systems









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