Particulate Measurement Systems

Invention, development and application of tools and instruments for characterization of processes and products ranging from molecular level to large-scale operations. Examples of current activities are: tomographic techniques including X-ray microtomography, automatic image analysis and high-speed motion analysis, near-infrared spectral data analysis, spectroscopy, characterization of particle size, shape, mechanical, physical and chemical properties, fluid flow characterization, atomic force of microscopy and rheological instruments for characterization of colloids.

Research capabilities are:

• Force measurement (wet/dry AFMs)
• Electron microscopy (SEM, Enviro SEM, TEM)
• Powder characterisation (roughness, density, flowability, hardness, toughness, size and shape, microstructure)
• Particle fluid characterisation (viscosity, rheological testing, calorimetry, zeta potential)
• In-process measurement (laser microscopy, diffuse wave spectroscopy, ultrasound spectroscopy, tomography, x-ray multiple diffraction)
• Optical spectroscopy (SR, ATR, FTIR, NEXAFS, image analysis)
• Particle flow analysis (PIV, LDA, high speed digital microscopy)