• Studies of phase transformations upon heating & cooling of metallic glasses by monitoring the sample resistivity and temperature
• In situ XRD studies of crystallization and phase transitions using high-energy synchrotron radiation
• Fabrication of metallic glass/crystal composites upon annealing

Technical details

• Samples: metallic ribbons (50-60 mm length, 1-2 mm width, 20-500 µm thickness)
• Sample environment: vacuum of ~10^-4 mbar or inert gas (He, Ar)
• Sample heating: Joule-heating at a rate of 10¹ to 10³ K/s
• Sample cooling: inert gas flow
• Temperature measurement by infrared pyrometer and thermocouple
• Designed for synchrotron XRD measurements at PETRA III, DESY Hamburg

• Measurement of stress-strain curves upon uniaxial tension or compression
• In situ XRD studies of structure and phase transformations upon mechanical load and heating

Technical details

• Samples: metallic ribbons or bone-shaped bulk samples (30 mm length)
• Sample environment: vacuum of ~10^-4 mbar
• Sample heating: Joule-heating
• Temperature measurement by infrared pyrometer
• Designed for synchrotron XRD measurements at PETRA III, DESY Hamburg

Measurement of dynamic viscosity of liquid metals by oscillating-cup method

Technical characteristics:

• Temperature up to 1250 °C
• Sample environment: vacuum up to ~10^-7 mbar
• Crucibles: alumina, boron nitride, graphite, quartz glass
• Measurement during heating or cooling at a rate of 1 K/s

• In situ studies of wetting behavior of a molten drop on a solid substrate using digital video
• Contact angle measurements
• Determination of surface tension and density for liquids on non-wettable substrates
• Studies of reactivity and phase formation at liquid/solid interfaces

Technical characteristics:

• Temperature up to 1250 °C
• Molybdenum wire heater
• Sample environment: vacuum of ~10^-5 mbar or inert gas atmosphere (Ar)