Materials Scientists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Accelerometers
- Vacuum ovens (Annealing ovens)
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers (Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Atomic force microscopes)
- Spectrometers (Auger electron spectrometers)
- Light scattering equipment (Backscatter detectors)
- Laboratory mills (Ball mills)
- Wear testers (Ball-on-disk tribometers)
- Laboratory mixers (Blungers)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Box furnaces)
- Manometers (Capacitance manometers)
- Rheometers (Capillary rheometers)
- Photo attachments for microscopes (Charge-coupled device CCD cameras)
- Presses (Cold isostatic presses)
- Milling cutters (Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers)
- Viscosimeters (Cone viscometers)
- Surface tension measuring instruments (Contact angle goniometers)
- Creep testers (Creep testing equipment)
- Crystal growing equipment (Crystal growers)
- Desktop computers
- Power saws (Diamond wafering saws)
- Spectrometers (Dielectric spectrometers)
- Calorimeters (Differential scanning calorimeters)
- Thermal differential analyzers (Differential thermal analyzers)
- Oscilloscopes (Digital oscilloscopes)
- Volumeters (Dilatometers)
- Volumeters (Double push rod dilatometers)
- Electronic actuators (Dynamic actuators)
- Light scattering equipment (Dynamic light scattering equipment)
- Thermal differential analyzers (Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Electrode furnaces)
- Metal markers or holders (Electrolytic etching machines)
- Thickness measuring devices (Ellipsometers)
- Abrasion testers (Erosion testers)
- Extruders (Extruding machines)
- Milling cutters (Fast tool servos)
- Scanning electron microscopes (Field emission scanning electron microscopes)
- Infrared spectrometers (Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers)
- Freeze dryers or lyopholizers (Freeze dryers)
- Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
- Signal generators (Function generators)
- Spectrometers (Gamma ray spectrometers)
- Mass spectrometers (Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS)
- Isolation glove boxes (Glove box systems)
- Power grinders (Grinding spindles)
- Laboratory evaporators (High vacuum evaporation systems)
- Power saws (High-speed cutoff saws)
- Sampling manifolds (High-vacuum manifolds)
- Tube furnaces (Horizontal tube furnaces)
- Presses (Hot isostatic presses)
- Hydraulic press frames (Hot mounting presses)
- Hydraulic press frames (Hydraulic presses)
- Thickness measuring devices (Imaging ellipsometers)
- Impact testers
- Crucible furnaces (Induction furnaces)
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers (Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS)
- X ray radiography examination equipment (Industrial computed tomography CT scanners)
- Injection molding machines (Injection molders)
- Interferometers (Interferometric microscopes)
- Ion selective electrode ISE meters (Ion analyzers)
- Analytical balances (Laboratory analytical balances)
- Ultra pure water systems (Laboratory water purification systems)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Interferometers (Laser interferometers)
- Linear position sensors (Linear variable differential transformers LVDT)
- Loadcells (Load cells)
- Hardness testers (Macrohardness testers)
- Grinders (Manual grinders)
- Laboratory evaporators (Metal evaporation chambers)
- Metallurgical microscopes (Metallographic microscopes)
- Calorimeters (Microcalorimeters)
- Photo attachments for microscopes (Microscope digital cameras)
- Mass spectrometers (Mobile mass spectrometers)
- Spectrometers (Mossbauer spectroscopes)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Muffle furnaces)
- Corrosion testers (Multisample autoclaves)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Nanoscope atomic force microscopes)
- Reflectometers (Neutron reflectometers)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Nitrogen furnaces)
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical compound microscopes)
- Surface testers (Optical profilometers)
- Radiation detectors (Peltier cooled solid-state detectors)
- Personal computers
- Polarizing microscopes (Petrographic microscopes)
- Induction heaters (Plasma arc melting furnaces)
- Viscosimeters (Plate viscometers)
- Porosimeters (Pore sizers)
- Potentiometers (Potentiostats)
- Surface testers (Profilometers)
- Microcontrollers (Programmable logic controllers PLC)
- Laboratory crushers or pulverizers (Pulverizers)
- Laboratory balances (Quartz crystal microbalances)
- Thickness measuring devices (Quartz crystal thickness monitors)
- Spectrometers (Raman scattering spectroscopes)
- Semiconductor testers (Reactive ion etchers RIE)
- Viscosimeters (Rotational viscometers)
- Safety glasses
- Goggles (Safety goggles)
- Corrosion testers (Salt spray chambers)
- Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning Kelvin probes)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning probe microscopes SPM)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning tunneling microscopes STM)
- Abrasion testers (Scratch testers)
- Injection molding machines (Screw injection molding machines)
- Spectrometers (Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS)
- Particle size measuring apparatus (Sedigraphs)
- Laboratory balances (Semi-microbalances)
- Power grinders (Semiautomatic grinders)
- Fatigue testers (Servohydraulic test machines)
- Laboratory mills (Shaker ball mills)
- Abrasion testers (Slurry abrasion testers)
- Ultrasonic examination equipment (Sonic modulus testers)
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Spectrofluorimeters)
- Spectrophotometers
- Frequency analyzers (Spectrum analyzers)
- Semiconductor process systems (Sputter deposition systems)
- Electronic actuators (Static actuators)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo microscopes)
- Roughness measuring instruments (Stylus profilometers)
- Swaging tools
- Casting machines (Tape casters)
- Thermo gravimetry analyzers (Thermal gravimetric analyzers)
- Blow torches (Thermal spray torches)
- Diffractometers (Theta-theta diffractometers)
- Corrosion testers (Titanium autoclaves)
- Transmission electron microscopes (Transmission electron microscopes TEM)
- Tube furnaces
- Laboratory box furnaces (Ultra high temperature furnaces)
- Laboratory balances (Ultra microbalances)
- Lathes (Ultraprecision lathes)
- Ultrasonic examination equipment (Ultrasonic analyzers)
- Ultrasonic cleaning equipment (Ultrasonic cleaners)
- Wear testers (UV exposure chambers)
- Magnetometer geophysical instruments (Vibrating sample magnetometers)
- Tumblers or polishers (Vibratory polishers)
- X ray diffraction equipment (X ray diffractometers)
- X ray generators
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- GAMESS-US
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- Maplesoft Maple
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- Olympus analysis software
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- PWscf
- RIETAN
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- VAMP/VASP
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Data base user interface and query software
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- Development environment software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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