Available (or accessible) Techniques and Instruments 

     

For basic properties of cementitious paste, mortar, and concrete

1. Compressive Strength Testing (Instron 1500HDX (~ 100 ton), Shimadzu AG-X plus, 50kN (~5 ton))

2. High Temperature Compressive Strength Testing (Shimadzu, UH-F500kNX, 500kN (~50 ton), 1,000°C)

3. Split Shear Strength Testing

4. Elastic Modulus Measurement Testing

5. Setting Time Measurement (Auto Vicat Testing Instrument)

6. Mixers (paste, mortar, and concrete) and Constant Temperature and Humidity Chambers

7. Water Baths 

8. Chloride Penetration Test

9. Conduction Calorimetery (hydration heat measurement)

10. Freezing/thawing Testing Machine (동결융해)

11. Creep Testing Instruments

12. Aggregate Sizer, Slump Cones etc.

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For chemical and microstructureal properties of cementitious paste, mortar, and concrete

1. Quantitative Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Analysis (Rietveld Analysis, RIR Internal Standard Method) using PANanalytical X'pert Highscore Plus, MAUD, Fit2D softwares etc.

2. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) (Cold Emission, SE/BSE/EDS/Elemental Mapping etc) with Buehler Polishing Instrument Set (EcoMet and AutoMet 250, Petrothin (thin sectioning), Isomet 1000, Vibromet 2) 

3. Solid State NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) for 27Al, 29Si (MAS-NMR) 

4. DTA (Differential Thermal Analysis)

5. TGA (Thermal Gravimeteric Analysis)

6. Particle Size Distribution Analysis (laser diffraction)

7. Infrared Spectroscopy

8. Conduction Calorimetery

9. Zeta Potential Measurement

10. MIP (Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry)

11. Synchrotron Radiation (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory) - UNIST beamline and others 

12. XRF (X-ray Fluorescence)

13. ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry

14. Fume Hoods

15. High Temperature Furnace (max 1,700°C) for Chemical Synthesis (e.g., C3S, C2S, ye'elimite etc)

16. High Magnification Optical Microscope

17. Portable Globe Box

18. pH Meter, Magnetic Stirrer, Vacuum Desiccators,  Precision Balances, Digital Moisture Content Measurer