Laboratory of Catalytic Materials
Engineering Faculty
Chemistry and Pharmacy Faculty
Laboratorio
de
Materiales
Catalíticos
-
Departamento
de
Ingeniería
Química
y
Bioprocesos - Facultad de Ingeniería - Facultad de Química y de Farmacia
Campus San Joaquín - Avda. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), Santiago - Chile
Equipment
Micromeritics 3Flex-MS
Recognized
as
the
most
advanced
instrument
in
the
field
for
material
surface
characterization
(1).
The
3Flex
has
become
a
crucial
tool
for
providing
high
resolution
adsorption
and
desorption
isotherms
to
advance
and
validate
fundamental
understanding
into
development
of
methodologies and process improvements.
In our laboratory the following analyzes are carried out:
- Nitrogen Adsorption-Desorption.
- Porosity and specific area measurements (BET Method).
- Pore size distribution (micropore and mesopore).
- NH
3
and CO
2
adsorption (surface acidity).
- Reactive adsorption of methanol.
-
Determination
of
size
and
dispersion
of
metallic
particles
(quimisorption of H
2
and CO
2
).
- Temperature Programmed Reduction (TPR).
-
Determination
of
functional
groups
of
carbon-based
materials (Programmed Thermal Decomposition).
- Among others.
Through
these
techniques
it
is
possible
to
characterize
supported
nanoparticles,
porous
materials
such
as
activated
carbon,
silica,
alumina,
titania,
graphene,
carbon
nanotubes, polymers, zeolites, graphene oxide, etc.
For
questions
or
measurement
request,
you
can
write
us
to
the e-mail
neescalona@ing.puc.cl
1 Study conducted by independent firm, Tech Validate™, TVID 784-C23-98E, 2015