PROJECT BG05M2OP001-1.001-0008 | NATIONAL CENTER OF MECHATRONICS AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES

Manager: prof. PhD Nikolai Bojkov (Institute of Physical Chemistry – BAS)

e-mail: NBojkov@ipc.bas.bg

tel. 02 979 2521

ACTIVITIES

SERVICES

EQUIPMENT

UPRIGHT LIGHT MICROSCOPE ZEISS AXIOSCOPE 5

Precise, high-end upright light microscope, working in transmitted or reflected light, LED illumination system and four different contrast techniques: bright field, dark field, differential interferential contrast and circular-differential interferential contrast. Reliable and suitable for broad range of studies in materials science, including crystal growth grains, phase boundaries, morphology of surfaces, thin films, defects and interstitials. Magnification – х50, х100, х200, х500, х1000.

DYNAMIC MODE SALT SPRAY CHAMBER

Dynamic-mode salt spray chamber c Q-FOG (Q-LAB Corporation)onsists of a housing of polymeric material with an internal volume, allowing testing of different types of samples (materials and coatings) in the form of testsamples as well as real objects or parts of them. It contains a built-in electronic control unit with acertain number of test programs.

The system allows for additional creation of combinations of available tests, as well as new experimental programs with different test characteristics.

The apparatus allows standardized tests to be carried out in continuous, cyclic and/or multistage mode.

EQUIPMENT FOR SYNTHESIS, MODIFYING AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MICRO PARTICLES

The components of the original electro-optical equipment are optical module (light source, lens, electro-optical cells and photomultiplier), electrical module (generator and high-voltage amplifier PZD2000A), two-channel oscilloscope Rohde & Schwarz for registration and observation of the signals from both modules and centrifuge MPW-352R for preparation and separation of microparticles.

The centrifuge is MPW-352R s applicable for separation of components (particles) with different density and dimensions in samples, under the influence of the centrifugal force. The device is equipped with cooling system able to ensure precise control of the temperature.

The presented original electro-optical equipment is suitable for measurement of changes in the intensity of the scattering light from suspension of colloidal particles in applied electric field and allow to determine the electrical, optical and geometrical properties of non-spherical particles in the presence of low molecular electrolytes, surfactants or polymers.

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