Materials Characterization at High Temperature

History:

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics is one of the major thrust area of research of the Department of Physics. Faculties of the Department have been working in a wide range of material systems which shows important functional properties at high temperatures. In order to characterize those materials a high temperature laboratory has been developed using grants from University funding and UGC-SAP grants.

Research areas:

Presently the work is focused on studying

Intermetallic alloys

Electrolyte materials for lithium-, sodium-ion batteries, and solid oxide fuel cells.

Alumino-silicate and Borate glass materials

Resources and facilities:

Precision component Analyser (Wayne Kerr-6440B) by which capacitance, resistance, impedance, dielectric constant, dielectric loss etc. measurements are done in the temperature range of 30–500 °C and frequency range of 1 Hz-3 MHz.

High temperature (30–500 °C) dc resistivity measurement setup

High temperature (30–500 °C) thermo-power measurement setup

Thermal analysis Instruments for simultaneous thermogravimetry (TG)/differential thermal analysis (DTA) (Shimadzu) in the temperature range of 30–1100 °C.

Achievements:

Since inception the laboratory has contributed towards several PhD thesis and Master’s level dissertations. It has also produced ~70 publications in SCOPUS indexed journals. All the equipment are well-maintained and being fully utilized.

Contact persons: Dr. Bholanath Pahari