NACE international - Portland SectionNETL - Albany tour - April 14, 20016
Surface Analysis Laboratory (SEM)
NETL researcher Keith Collins
B1-109
The Surface Analysis Laboratory is equipped to assist researchers in analyzing materials on a microscale in simulated environments, which helps to discover properties that can affect processing at the macroscale. The laboratory houses X-ray diffraction equipment, electron microscopes, a metallographic laboratory, and a complete analytical chemistry laboratory. The facility enables scientists to conduct wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for chemical analysis. Thermal analysis can be performed to determine thermophysical properties of materials, such as decomposition temperatures and solidification temperatures. The laboratory also has instrumentation to determine which elements and compounds are present and their concentrations in solids, powders, and liquids to verify that alloys contain the correct balance of elements and compounds, helping keep these alloys in line with industry demands
NACE international - Portland SectionNETL - Albany tour - April 14, 20016
Surface Analysis Laboratory (SEM)
NETL researcher Keith Collins
B1-109
The Surface Analysis Laboratory is equipped to assist researchers in analyzing materials on a microscale in simulated environments, which helps to discover properties that can affect processing at the macroscale. The laboratory houses X-ray diffraction equipment, electron microscopes, a metallographic laboratory, and a complete analytical chemistry laboratory. The facility enables scientists to conduct wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for chemical analysis. Thermal analysis can be performed to determine thermophysical properties of materials, such as decomposition temperatures and solidification temperatures. The laboratory also has instrumentation to determine which elements and compounds are present and their concentrations in solids, powders, and liquids to verify that alloys contain the correct balance of elements and compounds, helping keep these alloys in line with industry demands