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Facilities - Mechanical testing - Indentation

Hysitron Nano Indentor (located in Department of Mechanical Engineering)
     
Model
:

TI 900-Tribo Indentor

Load Capacity
:

Low load: 5 microN-10 mN
High load: 10 mN-1 N

Load resolution
:
 1nN
Displacement resolution
:
 0.04nm
Maximum Displacement capacity:
:
 2-3 microns
Modes of operation
:

1)Quasistatic Nano Indentation
2)Nano Scratch
3)SPM In-situ Imaging
4)Nano DMA
5)High Temperature stage( upto 400 deg celsius)

Regular Operator
:
 Rashmi
Other Independent Operators
:
 Praveena (Jayaram/Biswas), Anirban Mahato,(Biswas), Nisha Verma (Jayaram), Jaya Nagamani (Jayaram)
Contact Person
:

Vikram Jayaram (3243) / Shamsundar (2351)
     
CSM instrumented microindentation system
     
Room temperature
:
 Diamond indenter (Vickers, spherical, Knoop)
High temperature (450 C)
:
 Zircon (Vickers, Spherical)
Maximum load
:
 30 N
Load resolution
:
 100 micro N
Depth resolution
:
 0.3 nm
Independent users
:
 Eswar Prasad, Pradipta Ghosh, Jaya Nagamani, P. Padaikathan
In-Charge
:
 U. Ramamurty(ramu@materials...)