Corrosion laboratory

State-of-the-art facilities and equipment for characterizing the mechanical properties of metallic materials and components.

Main activity

Equipment for testing corrosion in acidic environments
Testing equipments under stress in natural atmospheres or atmospheres type H2S
Testing constant deformation (bending tests at various points of support) or constant loads for working in different corrosion media
Salt spray test and condensed steam atmospheres cabinets
Combined cycle corrosion cabinets
Sita CleanoSpector fluorescence inspection system
Surface quality control Mobile Surface Analyzer (KRUSS)
High current, premium quality Autolab PGSTAT302N Potentiostat/Galvanostat, with 30V compliance voltage and 1Mhz bandwidth, with a FRA32M module for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Autolab PGSTAT302F Potentiostats for Hydrogen Permeation. Special version of PGSTAT302N that can be locked in floating mode. Voltage range ± 30V and a bandwidth of 100K Hz
Autolab PGSTAT101 portable potentiostat. Potential range -10 V to 10 V, available voltage range ± 10 V and maximum bandwidth in HZ 1M
High temperature tube furnace. Maximum working temperature 1500°C, possibility of working in a protective atmosphere, maximum tube diameter 80 mm and maximum heating ramp 25°C/h
Circulation baths with heating Corio C-BT27 from Julabo. Temperature range 20-100°C. Heating capacity 2KW

Devanathan-Stachurski permeation cells
Circulating bath CC-315B for electrochemical tests. Temperature up to 300 °C
Circulating bath CC-315B for electrochemical tests. Temperature up to 300 °C
Circulation baths with heating Corio C-BT27 from Julabo. Temperature range 20-100°C. Heating capacity 2KW
Minitom-Struers precision diamond cutter. Low speed cutting machine for precision cuts of ± 0.01 mm with diamond and CBN blades of 75-125 mm for cutting metallic and ceramic materials
“Frigiterm-TFT-30” Cryo-thermostat Temperature up to 100°C

Scanning electron microscope, with controlled and environmental pressure mode, equipped with energy dispersive X-ray microspectrometer
Optical microscopes equipped with image analysis systems
Equipment for metallographic preparations (precision cutters, polishing instruments, embedding machines, electrolytic etching, etc,…)
Stereoscopic magnifying glass
X-ray fluorescence thickness measurement equipment
Magnetic induction thickness measurement equipment
Tensile / compression equipment between 200N and 1500KN
Heaters, furnaces, thermobalances and general laboratory media