Analysis of Aerogels
Depending on the application, certain properties of aerogels are necessary, which we can analyse with one of our many instruments. Listed below are the possibilities at our two locations, the University of Cologne and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). This includes the investigation of thermal or mechanical properties, in addition to various devices used to produce our aerogels. You can find out more about the different materials and applications under research.
Image left: Fire test of an RF honeycomb (DLR CC-BY 3.0)
Analysis of Aerogel Pores and Gas Permeability
- Gaspycnometry "AccuPyc II 1345" and "GeoPyc 1365" by Micromeritics
- Physiosorption "3Flex 3500" and "Tristar II 3200" by Micromeritics
- Porometer "Ultranano LLP-1X00" by 3P Instruments
- System to analyze gaspermeability, developed and built at DLR
Analysis of Thermal Properties
- Heatflow Meter (HFM) "HFM 436/3 Lambda" by Netzsch
- Hot Disk Thermal Constants Analyzer "Hot Disk TPS2500" by C3 Prozess- und Analysentechnik
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) "TG 209 F1 Iris" by Netzsch
- Simultaneous Thermic Analysis with integrated Infrared spectrometer (FTIR) "STA 449 F3 Jupiter" by Netzsch and "Tensor 27" by Bruker
- Fire testing system developed and built at the DLR
Analysis of Mechanical Properties
- Dynamic-Mechanical Analysis (DMA) "DMA 1" by Mettler Toledo
- Rheometer with integrated Infrared spectrometer (FTIR) "Haake Mars 60" and "Nicolet iS10" by Thermo Fischer Scientific
- tensile test machine by Latzke
Fabricating and Processing of Aerogels
- Extraction installation / Autoclaves with different volumina for supercritical CO2 dying, developed and built at DLR
- Film applicator & Dryer "Coatmaster 510" by Erichsen
- Freeze Dryer "Alpha 1-4" and "2-4 LSC" by Christ
- Karl-Fischer-Titrator "Titroline 7500 KF" by SI Analytics
- Core shooter "Model 42109" by Simpson Technologies
- Cross beater, rotorbeater and vibrating mill "SK100", "SR 200" and "MM400" by Retsch
- Vacuum dryingoven "VO 200" by memmert
- Centrifuge "Centrifuge 5810" by Eppendorf
- Rotary evaporators with chillers "Rotavapor® R100" and "Chiller F-100 / F-105" by Büchi
Other Machines and Analytics
- 3D printer by Hyrel 3D
- Tubing test bed developed and built at DLR
- Dynamic light scattering (DLS) "VascoKin" by Cordouan
- Sound absorption developed and built at DLR
- Conductivity probe "Lab 960" by SI Analytics
- Raman Spectrometer "RAMAN" by Horiba Scientific
- Ultrasonic treatment "UP400St" by hielscher
- Scanning electron microscope (SEM) "Merlin" by Zeiss
- Impedanc spectrometer (EIS) by Zahner
- Gas Chromatography with integrated mass spectrometer (GC-MS) "Agilent 8890" by Agilent
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography "HPLC Azura" by Knauer
- Tensiometer "K100" by Krüss