Functional Glasses and Ceramics Laboratory

• Heating elements: Six u-shaped Molybdenum disilicide (MoSi₂)
• Temperature (maximum): 1700°C
• Safe Operating Temperature: 1500°C
• Advisable to operate in air ambience only
• Single phase (220-240V)
• Input current 10A/40A (with corresponding power of 2500W/9600W)
• Digital programmable temperature controller with one stored progam of eight segments. It has a precious Type B thermocouple

Could be employed to calcine/sinter high temperature inorganic oxides for multifarious applications. It could be employed to fabricate glass-ceramics as well.

• Heating elements: Ten u-shaped Molybdenum disilicide (MoSi₂)
• Temperature (maximum): 1600°C
• Safe Operating Temperature: 1400°C
• Advisable to operate in air ambience only
• Single phase (220-240V), 40A
• Digital programmable temperature controller with precious Type B thermocouple along with high ramp rates

High temperature oxides could be melted and quenched into glasses. The crucible/container holding the molten material could be lowered to an operating level for quenching.

• Heating elements: Kanthal wire
• Temperature (maximum): 800°C
• Safe Operating Temperature: ≈700°C (for continuous operation)
• Advisable to operate in air ambience only
• Single phase (220-240V), 15A
• Digital programmable temperature controller with one stored program of eight segments. It has a Type K Thermocouple

• Could be used to calcine/sinter mostly inorganic oxides that have moderate melting points (≈700°C)
• Can also be employed to fabricate glass-ceramic at different length scales

• Heating elements: Six Silicon Carbide (SiC)
• Temperature (maximum): 1200°C
• Safe Operating Temperature: 1000°C (for continuous operation)
• Single phase (220-240V), 50/60 Hz. Input current 32A
• Digital programmable temperature controller with one stored program of eight segments. It has a Type K Thermocouple

• Could be employed to synthesize/calcine materials in a controlled ambience

• Heating elements: Kanthal wire
• Temperature (maximum): 800°C
• Safe Operating Temperature: 600°C
• Single phase (220-240V), <10A
• Digital programmable temperature controller with one stored program of eight segments. It has a Type K Thermocouple

• Could be employed to anneal glasses below the glass transition temperatures. It could also be employed to fabricate glass-ceramics

• Heating elements: Six Silicon Carbide (SiC)
• Temperature (maximum): 1200°C
• Safe Operating Temperature: 1000°C (for continuous operation)
• Single phase (220-240V), 50/60 Hz. Input current 32A
• Digital programmable temperature controller with one stored program of eight segments. It employs a Type K Thermocouple

• Could be employed to synthesize/calcine materials in a controlled ambience

• DC power source of variable voltage and current
• Voltage can be varied from 0-10 kV
• The maximum current that can be drawn from this source is 10mA

• This facility can effectively be employed to electrically poll the ceramics / single crystals / polymers in different configurations. The polling can be achieved at different temperatures as well

• Single crystals of both organic and inorganic materials can be pulled/grown from their melts at different rates (i.e. 0.1mm to 40mm/h)
• Faster withdrawal of the growing crystal facility exists
• Stroke length is nearly 100 cm
• The diameter of the crystal to be grown is variable
• The growing crystal could be rotated at different rates (5-20 rpm)
• The temperature range can be varied depending on the type of furnace one employs/chooses. Temperature is controlled to an accuracy of ±0.5°C using a digital temperature controller

• Optical quality large single crystals of both organic and inorganic materials could be grown from their melts in air ambience.
• There exists a provision to grow single crystals in a controlled atmosphere.