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Material characterisation

• Optical microscope
• Spectroscopy
• Electron microscope
• Scanning probe microscope (AFM/STM)
• Transmission electron microscopy
• XRD
• Solar cell silicon characterisation
• Thermal analysis
• Surface and particle analysis

Sample preparation

• Drying cabinets
• Cutting, drilling
• Etching
• Grinding, polishing, mounting
• Crushing, milling, sieving
• Coating
• Analytical balances
• Pressing tablets
• Sample cleaning 
• Glove box

Process metallurgy and Casting

• Graphite tube furnaces
• Induction furnaces
• Casting furnaces

• Melt-spinners

HMS

• Use of gas
• Chemicals

Heat treatment

• Oil baths
• Salt baths
• Sand baths
• Air circulation furnaces
• Muffle furnaces
• Pytagoras tube furnaces
• Alumina tube furnaces
• Sintering
• Spray pyrolysis

Mechanical testing

• Tensile testing
• Fatigue testing
• Compression tests
• Torsion tests
• Bend testing
• Hardness 

Plastic deformation

• Extrusion
• Formability
• ECAP
• Rolling

Electrochemistry

• Potentiostats
• Test stations (batteries, fuel cells, corrosion, electrolysis, etc.)
• Photoelectrochemical setup
• Misc. setups
• Electrodes and accessoriesMiscellaneous

Wet chemical analysis

Instrumentation

• Thermometer
• Logger
• Thermocouple
• controller
• MFC