List of acquired equipment/instruments within the project:

  1. Electron transmission microscope TEM
  2. HPLC chromatography instrument
  3. Elemental analysis CHNS
  4. Chemical hood Talassi
  5. Rotary evaporator LABOROTA 4000+ Rotavac valve control
  6. Laboratory closet for reagents (2 pieces) (laboratory furniture)
  7. Glove Box (sealed container with inert atmosphere)

Electron transmission microscope TEM

  • Resolution: 0,204nm;
  • Acceleration voltage: variable, between 40 – 120kV;
  • Zoom factors (for imaging probe): High resolution mode: HC mode 200x – 200.000x, HR mode 4.000x – 600.000x;
  • Low mag mode: 50x – 1.000x;
  • Small step electron irradiation mode;
  • Lens system for irradiation: 2 step condenser lens; variable aperture: 20, 50, 100 si 200µm (4 available aperture numbers)

HPLC chromatography instrument

  • Pump: gradient: can work with 4 solvents at low pressure;
  • Wide flow range from 0.001 to 10 mL/min with external control in 1µl steps;
  • Maximum operating presure: 40MPa=400Bar;
  • RS-232 interface control;
  • Solvent organiser composed from degasser, low pressure mixer, with accesories and data acquisition interface: maximum flowrate on each channel is 10ml/min;
  • Vacuum pump: step by step micropump; >6,2kPa: 400cycles/min; <6,2kPa: 60cycles/min.
  • Low pressure gradient mixer: Number of solvents: 4; maximum flowrate on each channel: 50ml/min;
  • Column owen: Capacity: a maximum of 2 columns with an external diameter of 12mm 300mm length or 4 columns with 12mm ext. diam. and 125mm length;
  • Temperature range: from 10ºC below ambient temperature to 140ºC;
  • Diode array detector: stainless steel cell, pressure up to 300 bar (4200psi) optic length of 10 mm; wavelength selection range: 190 – 1150 nm;
  • Measuring cell: of 10mm, 10µL, stainless steel for the detector;
  • Control software for data acquisition and processing, quantitative determination based on calibration curve;
  • HPLC installation kit;
  • PC Dual Core, 1GB RAM, 180GB HDD, DWD-RW Dual layer, 17”LCD Color Monitor, keyboard, mouse, Printer Laser A4 Black-white, Windows XP

Elemental analysis CHNS

  • Precision and RSD is 0,1%, respectively, maximum sensitivity is 1μg;
  • Determination limit: from 0,001 100%;
  • Determination sensitivity: from 0 to 100ppm;
  • Dynamic combustion temperature is 1150˚C; pyrolysis temperature is 850˚C;
  • Owen temperature of cromatographic columns can be set between 40 and 90˚C;
  • Detector flow rate (TCD), 200ml/min.

Chemical hood Talassi

  • The external bearing structure has been realized with electro-zinc plated steel sheet panels, painted with anticorrosion epoxy powder by transit through heat tunnel at 200°C.
  • The suction unit is composed of a tight motor, with polypropylene volute and rotor.
  • SAFETY BLOCK safety device automatically assuring the locking of front door at any height in case one or both wire ropes break, as provided for by the regulations.
  • “ups and downs” front glazed door with sliding panes
  • glazed side walls
  • 1 cold water tap
  • 1 gas tap
  • 1 discharge sink
  • 1 lamp for internal lighting
  • 1 under cabinet unit with swing doors, extractible
  • 1 upper expulsion flange
  • Water, gas, electric wiring and discharge internal systems.

Rotary evaporator LABOROTA 4000+ Rotavac valve control

  • Equiped with handlift;
  • Digital control of: Rotation speed from 20 to 270 rpm, vacuum, bath temperature;
  • One heating bath for water and oil 20 °C - 180 °C;
  • ROTAVAC Vacuum pump: High suction capacity of 1.7 m³/h, for fastest evacuation; achieves an ultimate vaccum of 9 mbar; rotation speed of 1500 rot/min.

Laboratory closet for reagents (2 pieces) (laboratory furniture)

  • Laboratory hazardous substance storage (DN75, EN 14470-1);
  • dimensions 1200x1968x615, antiexplosive protection

Glove Box (sealed container with inert atmosphere)

  • stainless steel structure, transparent front panel;
  • double-gasketed side flange allows easy insertion of process equipment into the work chamber ;
  • hermetically sealed chambers;
  • includes: fluorescent illuminator 220 VAC 50/60Hz; gloves size 8 P/N 1689-08; accordion sleeve;
  • Power Strip; Dual Purge™; Nitro Watch; Controller.