(Internal and external services of alloy fabrication, casting, vacuum/UHP-Ar encapsulation, and in-situ/ex-situ micro-tensile/compressive tests are provided; contact us for details)
 (Our customers have included other OSU research groups, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, and Lam Research Corporation)
1.  Small vacuum arc melter:   fabricate metallic samples (up to 25 g) of any composition
           
2. Large integrated vacuum arc melting & casting (tilt casting and suction casting) system:   fabricate and cast metallic samples (up to 200 g) of any composition;   fabricate 1'' diameter alloy sputtering target
                   
12 mm bulk metallic glass          
3. Induction melting system:   fabricate and/or cast metallic samples (sealed in a quartz tube under vacuum or argon), with options of natural air cooling, water quenching or vacuum injection casting for solidification
 
               
4. Glass blowing system:   seal samples in a quartz tube with vacuum or argon inside, for annealing/heat-treatment, melting, rapid quenching and/or injection casting
 
          
5. Precision sectioning saw:    sample sectioning, all materials
 

6. Differential scanning calorimeter - Mettler Toledo DSC 3:    thermal analysis; determining characteristic temperatures, enthalpy, etc. 

7. In-situ SEM or synchrotron mechanical test module - Deben MT5000:   tensile/compressive tests with in-situ microstructure characterization; max load 5000 N.  

      

8. Other materials characterization and testing facilities available at OSU through collaboration or user fees (not a full list): 

XRD; SEM; TEM; EDX; FIB; AFM; Vickers hardness tester; nano-indenter; high-T DSC/TGA; Instron testing frames