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| Price
List |
updated
August 2005 |
| Particle
Size Measurements |
| Laser
diffraction - wet or dry dispersion (0.02-2000
microns) |
$125 |
| Electrical zone
sensing (1-250 microns)
|
$125 |
| Sedimentation
(centrifugal or gravitational, 0.01-300 microns) |
$125 |
| Brownian motion
(sub-micron, 0.003-3 microns) |
$125 |
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| Density
Measurements |
| Tap
density |
$55 |
| Apparent density |
$55 |
| Pycnometer
density (helium) |
$60 |
| Archimedes density |
$55 |
| Envelope
density |
$55 |
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| Surface
Area and Porosimetry |
| Nitrogen BET,
1 or 5-point surface area |
$150 |
|
Nitrogen BET, adsorption/desorption |
$200 |
| Mercury
porosimetry, 4-100 micrometer pore diameter range
|
$150 |
| Mercury
porosimetry, 0.004-100 micrometer pore diameter
range |
$200 |
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| Experimental
Milling of Powders |
| Rod or ball milling |
$310/run |
| Attritor
milling |
$310/run |
| Vibratory milling |
$310/run |
| Double
planetary |
$310/run |
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| Rheometry |
| Capillary rheometry |
$125 |
| Torque
rheometry |
$125 |
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| Thermal
Analysis |
| DTA/TGA/DSC (vacuum,
nitrogen,
argon, air, max 1500°C) |
$325 |
| DTA/TGA
(hydrogen, max 1350°C) |
$400 |
| Dilatometry
(
hydrogen,
nitrogen, argon, air, max 1400°C) |
$325 |
| In-situ
high-temperature strength measurement (max 1100°C) |
$325 |
| In-situ
video (tube furnace) |
|
Furnace
Cost + |
$250 |
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| Furnace
Use (per 8 hour run) |
| Retort (hydrogen,
nitrogen, argon, air, max 1000°C) |
$240 |
| Tube
furnace (hydrogen, nitrogen, argon, air, max
1500°C) |
$330 |
| Tungsten element
furnace (vacuum, nitrogen, argon, max 1700°C) |
|
to
1500°C |
$700 |
to
1700°C |
$1000 |
| Large graphite
element furnace (vacuum, max 1800°C) |
$650 |
| Rapid heat box
furnace (air, max 1700°C) |
$310 |
| Hydrogen
pusher furnace (hydrogen, hydrogen/nitrogen
mix, max 1600°C) |
|
|
setup |
$500 |
| per
day |
$750 |
| High
temp graphite belt furnace (nitrogen, argon,
mixture, max 2000°C) |
|
| setup |
$500 |
| RT
to below 1400°C |
$750/day |
| 1400°C
and above |
$1250/day |
| Box hydrogen
furnace (50% or higher hydrogen, bal. nitrogen) |
$650 |
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| Mechanical
Testing |
| |
| Tensile
testing |
|
| first
sample |
$150 |
| per
additional sample |
$15 |
| Three-point
and four-point bend |
|
|
first sample |
$150 |
| per
additional sample |
$15 |
| Fatigue
testing (uniaxial) |
|
| first
sample |
$250 |
| per
additional sample |
$15 |
| Rockwell
hardness (A, B, or C scales) |
$35 |
| Microhardness
(Vickers, Knoop) |
$65 |
| Nanohardness |
$355 |
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| Chemical
Analysis |
| Carbon,
oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen |
$55
each |
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| Microscopy |
| Digitized Image
Analysis |
$60/hr |
| Optical
binocular (4x to 70x) |
$30 |
| Scanning
electron microscope |
$100 |
| Metallograph
(50x to 1000x, requires polish) |
$60 |
| Metallographic
mount and polish |
$65 |
