Equipment

1. EQUIPMENT FOR RESEARCH
WORKS AT DICON RESEARCH
& DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Contact: 08036246779, 08077712645
DEFENCE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION OF NIGERIA
(RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE)

2. Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometer (AAS)
For the detection of metallic elements in liquid samples through
the application of characteristic wavelengths of electromagnetic
radiation
Used in the analysis of compounds in solution: Employed in
 Food and beverages
 Water
 Clinical and Pharmaceutical analysis
 Mining operation-To determine the
 percentage of precious metal in rocks
 Uses light of characteristic wavelength.
The specific element can be detected, and
their concentration measured.
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3. Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectrophotometer (FTIR)
For the identification of
chemical bonds in molecules
through the production of
infrared absorption spectrum
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4. Differential Scanning
Calorimeter (DSC)
For measurement of heat flow
properties:
- Glass Transition
- crystallization point
-Percentage crystallization
-Melting point
-Specific heat capacity
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5. Flame Photometer
For quantitative determination
of alkali metals and alkaline
earth metals in Digested samples
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6. Ultra Violet (UV)
For qualitative and quantitative
determination of covalent
compounds in biological
materials/organic and inorganic
samples
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7. High Performance Liquid
Chromatography (HPLC)
For the separation of the
constituents of a compound
For quantification of the
constituents.
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8. Torque Tester
A torque transducer which
converts torque measurements
into physical variables or
electrical signals that can be
measured and standardized.
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9. Friction, Tear & Peel Tester
(FTP)
For measurement of the strength
of packaging materials, welded
joins, creases, folds and
perforation lines
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10. Viscometer
For measurement of density and
viscosity of liquid samples
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11. Torsion Tester
Measures the torque load of
specimens made of different
materials in static tests
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12. Universal Hardness Tester
Measures the hardness value of
metals and composites
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13. Fatigue Tester
For measurement of the number
of cycles a material undergoes
before failure
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14. Micro Hardness Testing Machine
For the measurement the
surface hardness of a material
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15. Stiffness Testing Machine
For the determination of
stiffness and resilience
properties of materials
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16. Universal Testing Machine
For tensile, compression, and
flexural tests.
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17. Four ball Tribometer
For the determination of the
load-bearing capacity, wear rate
and extreme pressure of engine
oil and other lubricants through
computer aided simulation
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18. Potentiostat / Galvanostat
Corrosion Analyzer
Uses
 Corrosion monitoring
 Evaluation of metals
 Coating
 Batteries
 General electrochemistry
 Weight loss in materials
APPLICATIONS
 Oil rigs Water/ oil seals
 Water/ oil seals
 Dockyards/ shipyards
 Aircrafts
 Military hardware
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19. Thermogravimetric Analyzer
 Thermal Stability of materials
 Oxidative stability of material
 Composition of multi component system
 Estimate life time of a product
 Decomposition kinetic of materials
 The effect of reactive/ corrosive
atmosphere of materials
 Moisture and volatile content of materials
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20. Dynamic Mechanical Analyzing
Machine
The dynamic mechanical
analyzing machine (DMA) is an
indispensable tool for
determining the visco-elastic
properties of mainly polymer
materials.
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21. Metallographic Specimen
Automatic
Grinding and Polishing Machine
 For grinding and polishing
metals and other engineering
materials
 Grinding is done to remove saw
marks, levels and clean the
specimen surface. Polishing
removes the artifacts of
grinding.
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22. Metallurgical Microscope
Omax Microscope
For the metallography and
structural evaluation of metals
and other engineering materials
at high magnification
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23. Spectromaxx
Used to determine the chemical
composition of ferrous and
nonferrous metal including alloy.
APPLICATIONS
 Auto industrial parts
 General machinery
 Foundry material
 Air plane manufacturing
 Petrochemical industries
 Communication electronics
 Military Hardware
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24. Automatic Hot Mounting Press
 Used to protected fragile or coated materials during
preparations and to obtain perfect edge retention
 Also to enable safer and more convenience handling
of small, sharp, irregular specimen
APPLICATION
 Specimen is embedded in resins (Bakelite)
 Temperature range is set at 5minute or less
 Bakelite’s cakes with metals samples embedded
 Water is used as coolant to keep temperature low
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25. Metallurgical Furnace (MUFFLE)
HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS
 It is used in situations in which materials to be test treated is isolated
from the fuel and all the product of combustion (gases and ashes)
 Temperature ranges from 0 – 1200°C
 Used for high temperature applications such as glass, ceramics soldering
and brazing.
 Uses electric heating elements.
 The furnace is lagged with calcium carbonate
APPLICATIONS
 Used for the heat treatment of different materials for structural
modifications to suit research and engineering applications
 Aerospace industries; for testing flame retaining capacity of distinct
materials at high temperature which are to be equipped in aircraft.
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26. DTQ – 5 Mini Precision Machine
Cutting
For cutting metal samples with
irregular shapes, before they are
mounted, getting them ready for
polishing.
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27. MECMESIN Universal Testing
Machine With A Capacity OF
10KN
It Is Used for Flexural Test,
Tensile and Compressive Tests.
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28. Impact Testing Machine
It is used to measure the energy
a material can absorb.
Capacity = Enemy =150J and
300J
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29. CREEP TESTING MACHINE
It is used for measuring the
tensile properties of engineering
materials at elevated
temperature
Capacity=50KN to 2000KN
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