The High-Temperature Lab is equipped with specialized high-temperature equipment, including an environmental tube furnace, a thermocouple welding station, and a dual-color pyrometer. It also houses a highly customized Gleeble 563 Thermal Mechanical Simulator, used to measure the mechanical response of milli- to centimeter-sized specimens under isothermal or thermal shock conditions for a range of temperatures, strain rates, loading conditions, and environments. This high-temperature load frame is also compatible with the high-resolution optics in the Structural Materials Lab for integrated digital image correlation during mechanical deformation.
Environmental Tube Furnace
- operates in controlled environments, UHP Ar or forming gas (4% H2)
- 1700°C maximum operating temperature
- 2” diameter alumina tube
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Box Furnace
- operates in air, with hinged door useful for quenching or tempering
- 1200°C maximum operating temperature
- large 9 x 9 x 14 in3 hot zone
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Thermocouple Welder
- direct welding of individual thermocouple wires to samples
- welding station, maximum 45 V
- Type K, R, and C
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Gleeble 563 Thermal Mechanical Simulator
- uniaxial loading under isothermal or thermal shock conditions (1,000s °C/s) for a range of temperatures (25-2500°C)
- standard grips for sub-scale E8 tension testing and highly customized grips for milli- to centimeter-sized tension testing
- 30 kN load cell and hydraulic actuator enable tension, compression, creep, and cyclic fatigue at different strain rates (10-4–102 s-1)
- environments: air, UHP Ar, or forming gas (4% H2)
- two-color pyrometer (900-2500°C)
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