METALLURGY Laboratory

This facility is equipped for full microstructural and mechanical characterization of metallic materials.

Microstructural characterisation:

• Metallographic preparation equipment
• Microscopes (optical microscope with bright field, dark field and polarized light, scanning electron microscope with EDS and EBSD probes)
• X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)
• Glow-Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscpy (GDOES) system for the determination of the elemental chemical composition (both in bulk and by concentration vs depth profiles)

Mechanical testing:

• Tensile-compression testing machines
• Fatigue testing machines (axial and rotating bending, both at room and at high temperature)
• Charpy impact testing equipment
• Hardness and microhardness testers
• Tribometers (sliding: dry or lubricated, both at room and at high temperature, microabrasion).

Heat treatment:

• Induction casting system with controlled atmosphere, magnetic and ultrasonic stirring
• Air and controlled-atmosphere ovens
• Equipment for thermal analysis (DTA/TGA)

Laboratory staff: Antonio Agostani, Iuri Boromei.