Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE)

The Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering core provides a range of services and instruments including particle analysis, elemental/chemical characterisation and thermal analysis.

Capabilities of the technical services team in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are described below, you can also find more information on the department here.

Services
  • ICP-OES major and trace element analysis
  • Thermogravimetric analysis/Differential thermal analysis
  • XRF analysis for element identification
  • CHNS elemental analysis
  • Nitrogen porosimetry/BET analysis
  • Mercury intrusion porosimetry
Instruments that offer sample analysis service or researcher use include
  • Perkin Elmer Spectrum 2 FTIR
  • Rigaku MiniFlex 600 XRD
  • Micromeritics 3Flex - nitrogen porosimetry
  • Micromeritics AutorePore IV - mercury intrusion porosimetry
  • Micromeritics Tristar II - nitrogen porosimetry
  • Micromeritics AccuPyc 1330 - helium density analysis
  • Phenom XL SEM
  • Malvern Mastersizer 2000 particle size analyser
  • SPEX SamplePrep 8000D Ball mill