Service Features

Institute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites

What we can offer you in terms of analysis methods, equipment and services.

Analytical methods:

  • scanning electron microscopy (SEM, EDX, EBSD/OIM)
  • microprobe analytics
  • white light interferometry
  • light microscopy
  • failure- and microstructure-analysis (qualitative and quantitative)
  • x-ray diffractometry (qualitative and quantitative)
  • induced coupled plasma spectrometry (element analysis)
  • raman spektroscopy
  • laser granulometry
  • zeta-potential analysis (stability of suspensions and dispersions)
  • rheological investigation
  • density measurements (Archimedes)
  • helium-pycnometry (true density)
  • residual stress analysis (micro-borehole-method)
  • tribological investigation
  • hardness measurements
  • fracture toughness
  • strength
  • dilatometry
  • Hg - porosimetry
  • impedance and high-voltage measurements
  • contact angel and surface energy determination
  • thermos-gravimetry
  • differential thermo analysis (DTA)
  • differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

Your contact persons

This image shows Frank Kern

Frank Kern

apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

Head of high performance ceramics group

This image shows Andreas Vogel

Andreas Vogel

Dipl.–Ing. (FH)

scientific-technical employee

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