Excerpt from the technical equipment at the FIB

• Nova NanoSEM 230(Field emission low vacuum - Scanning electron microscope (FEI Company)
  with an analytic unit, consisting of

  Nova NanoSEM 230

  x-ray microanalysis (chemical information) in combination with a Electron Backscattered Diffraction system (EBSD - crystallographic information) with the name EDAX Pegasus XM 4 as well as a
  cryo-work station, consisting of a high pressure freezing unit HPM 100 (Fa. BAL-TEC/Leica)
• PhilipsPhilips Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (XL-30 ESEM) with integrated x-ray microanalysis system
• scanning electron microscope Typ HITACHI S 2700LB (manufacturer: Hitachi,Tokyo) with EDS TRACOR Voyager 2100 with digital beam regulation and imaging system for SEM and EDX and ESMA (manufacturer: Noran Instruments, USA)

XRD D8 ADVANCE

• X-ray-generator Kristalloflex 710 D and X-ray-diffractometer D 5000 with automatic sample change, high- and low temperature chamber, as well as moisture chamber (manufacturer: Siemens AG, Karlsruhe)
• X-ray diffractometer D8 ADVANCE (Bruker AXS), new generation
• ORBIS PC Micro EDXRF Spectrometer System (Fa. EDAX AMETEK Materials Analysis Division, USA)
• surface measuring instrument ASAP 2000 (manufacturer: Micromeritics GmbH, Mönchengladbach) to the determination the specific surface
• mercury intrusion porosimeter (MIP) AUTOPORE IV 9500 (manufacturer Micromeritics GmbH, Mönchengladbach) determination of the pore size distribution in mineral materials
• helium comparison pycnometer SY-LAB ( manufacturer: Micromeritics GmbH, Mönchengladbach) for the determination of pure densities at powder preparations
• automatical Blain-value-device BLAINE-STAR ZEB 1330 (manufacturer: Wasagchemie Sythen GmbH) for the determination of the specific surface of disperse solid materials

Simultaneous DTA SDT (DSC-TGA)

• simultaneous- thermoanalysis device STA 409 for DTA-/DSC-measurements (manufacturer: Netzsch, Selb)
• Isothermal heat flow calorimeter ToniCAL TRIO Bauform 7339 (Toni Technik GmbH)
• Dilatometer L75/30C: thermal expansion measurements of building materials at constant temperature or during variation of temperature
• DCA-measuring instrument for the determination of the heat of hydration at cements
• DSC Q200
  Measuring instrument for most exact heat flow measurements
• SDT Q600
  Simultaneous differential thermal analysis SDT (DSC-TGA): simultaneous measurement of the change of mass (TGA) and of the heat flow (DSC) from ambient temperatures to 1500 °C
• heat flow surface plate equipment for the determination of the heat conductivity according to DIN 52616 for plate-like inspection pieces

• BP 7, ultrasonic measuring instrument (manufacturer: Steinkamp) to the measurement of ultrasonic on times
• ultrasonic measuring instruments manufacturer Krompholz for the execution of laboratory and building site measurements, determination of sound on times, computation of flexible constants (e- and g-modulus, transverse extension coefficient) as well as execution of signal analyses
• Ultrasonic-Tomograph A 1040 Polygon /MIRA of the company Acoustic Control Systems Ltd.

  Laser measuring technique (photo: Chr. Meyer)

• Laser Vibrometer PSV 300 F (company Polytec) with a high performance scan head with integrated video system and motorized swiveling tilting head for the recording of surface oscillations (e.g. natural oscillations of building parts)
• exitation laser (GSI LUMONICS) and scanner (POLYTEC) for the execution of a contactless measuring method
• Grindo-Sonic/type MK 5 (manufacturer:J. W.  Lemmers) conduction of measurement of self-vibrations (impulse, excitation technique); determination of elastic constants (E- and G-modulus, poisson‘s ratio)
• EG-meter/model DIGI-EG c2 (manufacturer: Labek) to the measurement of the resonant frequency, computation of flexible constants (e- and g-modulus, transverse extension coefficient)
• Georadar test system SIR 3000 of the company GSSI
• Potential field measuring instrument CANIN+ with rod and wheel electrode (Proceq)
• Ferroscan PS 200 of the company HILTI
• Ultrasonic transmitter CELplus

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1.7 Instruments and equipment for the examination of concrete, binders and mortars

Climate simulation chamber (photo: Chr. Meyer)

• CDF/CIF--testing chambers. Cyclic freezing-thawing-demand.
• building materials testing chamber VB + 03/500 (manufacturer: Heraeus-Vötsch)
• 4 climatic testing equipment for the simulation of temperature and humidity changes for investigations of building materials (co-operation between the FIB and the company Feutron Klimasimulation Greiz/Thuringia)
• Glove-Box GB 2201 (Fisher Scientific GmbH) to working in CO₂-free atmosphere
• Tearing framework (a development of the TU Munich, Professor Springenschmid) to the determination of the tearing inclination of concrete
• viscosity measuring instrument VISCO-CORDER (manufacturer: Brabender, Duisburg) for the mortar testing
• BML-viskosimeter (manufacturer: Co Tec, Reykjavik) [ loan of the ready-mix concrete industry ]

  Tearing framework (photo: Chr. Meyer)

• automatic compressive and bending testing equipment TONICOMP III with vibration table according to DIN EN 196 (manufacturer: TONI-Technik Berlin)
• testing device TIRATEST 24100 for strength investigations (manufacturer: TIRA Maschinenbau GmbH, Rauenstein)
• compressive and bending testing equipment EDBU 400 for building materials of arbitrary size (manufacturer: Werkstoffprüfung Heckert, Leipzig)
• Universal test equipment Z 250 (manufacturer: companies Zwick) to the examination of the compressive strength, bending tensile strength and tensile strength up to a breaking load of 250 kN
• servo-hydraulic test equipment PSB 500/2b (manufacturer: Schenck)

  Universal test equipment Z 250

• soft imaging system (manufacturer: SIS GmbH Münster) with transmitted light microscope JENAVERT (manufacturer: Carl Zeiß Jena) and scanning-table EK 8B. Characterisation of air void systems in building materials as well as counting of clinker minerals, also for the determination of the content of mineral admixtures
  2008 took place an extension of the measuring technique for the determination of the air void characteristic values at the hardened concrete in accordance with DIN EN 480-11 (investigation both of thin sections and of polished sections is possible)
• Laser scanning microscope with microfocus sensor (manufacturer: UBM Meßtechnik GmbH) with triangulation sensor OTM-3-10/F/R for roughness measurements, e.g. of concrete surfaces
• water impermeability testing set with qualitative and quantitative recording of measurement (manufacturer: Testing Bluhm und Feuerherdt) to the determination of the water impermeability in accordance with DIN 1048
• equipment for the determination of the gas permeability
• measuring form (self-made) to the continuous determination of the length variation behavior with inductive displacement recorder with simultaneous processing of the measured values in the on-line operation
• test framework (self-made) to the continuous determination of the expansive strength with simultaneous processing of the measured values in the on-line operation

1.8 Instruments and equipment of the professorship polymer materials

Particle Charge Detector

• FT-IR microscope Nicolet iN10 with externalFT-IR module iZ10 (manufacturer: Fa. Thermo Scintific)
• DCA ToniCal Trio (Fa. ToniTechnik)
• pH ION meter pMX (manufacturer: WTW)
• DT 1200
  Measuring instrument for the determination of the particle size and the zeta potential of highly concentrated suspensions and emulsions
• Tensiometer K 100
  Equipment for the precision measurement of interface tensions and surface tensions
• SPECORD 250
  high performance, computer controlled two-radiation spectral photometer among other things for the determination of degrees of adsorption of polymers with basic studies to the microstructure formation in PCC
• equipment for the determination of adhesive strength F 15 D Easy M  (manufacturer: Freundl Wenningsen) to the determination of adhesive strength in the measuring range 0... 15 kN
• measuring instrument for the determination of adhesive strength - F 15 D EASY M 2000
• Vibration polishing equipment VibroMet 2
• Particle Charge Detector (PCD)

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2. Technical equipment for construction-site service, sample production and preparation

• drilling equipment for core drilling from 50 to 250 mm in diameter in the laboratory and at buildings
• drilling equipment HILTI for drillings of boreholes with a diameter smaller 50 mm (wet) in the laboratory and at buildings
• rigid endoscope (visual field angle 67 °) with video recording for the investigation of the structure of brick-work
• table stone saw STM 90 V, saw blade 900 mm in diameter for the production of test samples
• table stone saw STM 40 St, saw blade 400 mm in diameter for the production of test samples

  Infrared thermometer AMiR 7814-20S

• precision surface grinding machine MPS-E 200 for the production of test samples with flat-parallel surfaces (manufacturer: GMN Georg Müller, Nürnberg)
• cut-off grinding machine/micro saw WOCU 120 FU for the production of samples of smallest thickness
• grinding and polishing machine for the production of polished sections among other things for the incident-ligth microscopy
• Infrared thermometer AMiR 7814-20S
  Temperature range -30 °C to 900 °C; Accuracy 0.75% of the measured value
  optics (standard optics) 60: 1 (19 mm measuring spot with 1,5 m object distance)
  optics (close focus) 50 : 1 (6 mm measuring spot with 0,3 m object distance)
  operating temperature 0 to 50 °C
• Circulating air drying chamber Heraeus LUT 6050 F
• Ultrasonic bath Sonorex RK 514
• Hand lever knee press APK T-3-40 with different caster knifes
• Compressive filtration equipment

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3. Other equipment

• systematic line concrete investigations (manufacturer: TONI-Technik Berlin)
• counter jet pulverizer type Typ 100 AFG for the production of micro-fine granulations (manufacturer: Alpine)

  Laboratory mixer beba B3

• plowshare mixer FM 50 (manufacturer: Gebr. Lödige Paderborn) for the homogenization of fine-disperse materials in the batch process up to approx. 30 kg
• beba B3 laboratory mixer
  outstanding mixture results. The mixing capacity amounts to with a total volume from 1 litre to 2 litres
• concrete calorimeter (self-'s building)
• gradient furnace SO 498 among other things for burning ceramic materials
• laboratory gradient furnace (self-'s building) among other things to burning cement raw meals under exactly defined temperature conditions
• programmable climatic test cabinets, types MPC F 25/A25-180 and Weiss SB 11 with moistening and temperature control within the range 5 .. 95 % r.h. and -25 ... +180 °C
• various mortar and concrete mixing units
• various balances of different measuring accuracy for air and underwater weighing
• equipment for production and for the application of injection foam mortar
• dew point probe MTR 2.2/SL with Pt 100 (manufacturer: IL-METRONIC Ilmenau) for the execution of dew point measurements in brick-work drillings up to a depth of 100 cm, computation of the relative air humidity, recording of the measured values with data logger (manufacturer: Ahlborn)
• pendulum ram impact testing machine PSW 50 for the determination of the notching work resulting from impact of metallic building materials, plastics and wood in the capacity range 0... 50 joules
• pendulum ram impact testing machine PSW 300 for the determination of the notching work resulting from impact of metallic building materials, plastics and wood in the capacity range 0... 300 joules
• equipment for the determination of the hardness according to the methods Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers