Techniques/facilities

The Alloys for Extremes group has access to many facilities, some of which can be seen below. Click on the image for more information about what techniques we use and how we use them.

Image of an arc melter machine.

Arc Melting Alloy

Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBD)

An image of an encapsulation machine

Encapsulation

Grinding / Polishing

Microhardness Testing

Scanning for Electron Microscopy

(Sub-scale) Three- and four- point flexural testing

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Image of a tube furnace machine.

Tube Furnace

X-ray Diffraction