Physics Laboratory

In the physics laboratory, thermal material properties like thermal conductivity, thermal expansion, heat capacity can be measured up to high temperatures. These data are important for the development of new materials and are crucial input parameters for simulations.

Equipment

• Laser flash apparatus*) (Netzsch)
• High temperature pulse calorimeter
• Differential scanning calorimeter **) (Netzsch, Perkin Elmer)
• Push-rod dilatometer*) (Netzsch)
• Differential thermoanalyser (Netzsch)
• Thermal conductometer (Holometrix)
• Dynamic Young’s modulus measurement (Förster)
  

*) In collaboration with the Materials Centre Leoben (MCL)

**) In collaboration with the Chair of Casting Research, University of Leoben

Accredited Measurements

• Measurement of thermal conductivity in the temperature range
  50 to 700°C (ASTM E 1225-04)
• Measurement of the thermal diffusivity in the temperature
  range -60 to 1200°C (EN 821-2 (1993))
• Measurement of specific heat capacity in the temperature
  range 100 to 1100°C (EN 821-3 (2005))
• Measurement of thermal expansion in the temperature
  range -60 to 1200°C (DIN 51 045-1 (2005))
• Measurement of stress free dynamic Young’s modulus in the temperature
  range 20 to 1000°C
• Testing of thermocouples in the temperature range 400 to 1200°C
  (EN 60584-1, 2)

Additional measurements and investigations are possible on request.