Geopolymer and Minerals Processing Group: Facilities

The facilities directly controlled by the Geopolymer and Minerals Processing Group include two recently-renovated laboratories, a full suite of Perkin-Elmer thermal analysis equipment (TMA, TGA/DTA, DSC), a state of the art Hot Disk thermal property measurement system, crushing and grinding facilities, temperature-controlled leaching benches, laboratory-scale froth flotation columns, and compressive strength testing facilities.

The group is also a major stakeholder in X-ray diffractometry (XRD) equipment, an inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES) spectrometer, an ATR-FTIR spectrometer, and an atomic absorption (AA) spectrophotometer.

Collaborations with the Bio21 Institute and the School of Chemistry provide ready access to various microscopic techniques including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), as well as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. We also work at synchrotron and neutron beamlines around the world.

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