



PDC processing
- Glove box (inert atmosphere)
- Low-temperature cross-linking furnace with inert gas connection
- Dip-coater (Arduino-based)
- Three-zone tube furnace (Tmax = 1100 °C) with inert gas purification system
Colloidal and powder processing
- Planetary centrifugal mixer ("Thinky")
- Ball mills
- Attrition mills (with various lining materials)
- Laboratory-scale spray drier (for aqueous and non-aqueous solutions/dispersions)
- Lab press with cold-isostatic tool and various uniaxial dies
- Freeze-casting and freeze-drying setup
- Rheometer
Thermal treatment and consolidation
- Hot press (Tmax = 2200 °C; vacuum, Ar, N2)
- various low- and high-temperature box furnaces (Tmax = 1700 °C; air)
- various tube furnaces (Tmax = 1400 °C; N2, Ar,...)
Characterization
- Ceramographic preparation and microstructural investigation
- Density determination (helium pycnometry, density and porosity according to EN 993-1)
- Pore size analysis (Mercury intrusion porosimetry)
- Mechanical properties (hardness, micro hardness, 4-point flexural test according to EN 843-1, Young's modulus, KIc via indenter method, compressive strength,...)
- Evaluation of gas permeability of tubular and planar specimens
- Determination of thermal shock resistance
as well as further investigational techniques available at the institute (e.g. thermal analysis, dilatometry, surface roughness determination, SEM, XRF, XRD,...)