Metallurgy and Mechanical test Laboratory

Description

Metallic materials and coatings characterization by optical microscopy techniques.

Research activities

• Metallographic and stereological analyses of metallic materials and coatings;
• Atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the surface analysis;
• Hardness and Micro-Hardness measurements;
• Nano-Indentation measurements on coatings and metallic materials to determine the micro-mechanical response in terms of strength and elastic modulus;
• Preparation of metallic samples for electron microscopy inspections (the group is member of the CISMIN, electron microscopy center of the Faculty of Engineering, with instruments located at the SIMAU department).;
• Warm and Hot deformation (using the available torquemeter);
• Constitutive Equations (using the available torquemeter).

Facility

• Devices for the metallographic preparation of metallic samples (cutting tools, grinding and polishing machines, mounting press for metallic materials, electrolytic facilities, chemical etching);
• 2 Leika optical microscopes (DMi8);
• Burleigh atomic force microscope (AFM);
• Durometer and Micro-Durometer (Remet);
• Nanoindenter (Hysitron);

Manager

• Prof. Marcello Cabibbo, m.cabibbo@univpm.it

Staff

• Prof. Stefano Spigarelli, s.spigarelli@staff.univpm.it
• Daniele Ciccarelli, d.ciccarelli@staff.univpm.it

Phone:
+39 071 220 4883

Room:

Q145_109