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Laboratory Spaces
Laboratory Spaces
The equipment and facilities available in our group are listed below. Please note that these facilities are also open for others to use on a chargeable basis as per prevailing IISc norms. Please contact materials.civil@iisc.ac.in for more information.
Apart from these areas, the group also uses common civil engineering facilities including spaces to prepare and condition specimens. The IISc central facilities website contains more information on other facilities available on campus.
Infrastructure Materials Characterization Lab
Infrastructure Materials Characterization Lab
Isothermal Calorimeter
Isothermal Calorimeter
We have two calorimeters
TAM Air 8-channel Isothermal Calorimeter
CALMETRIX iCal Flex 8-channel Isothermal Calorimeter
Desiccators and RH chambers
Desiccators and RH chambers
Mercury Intrusion Porosimeter(s)
Mercury Intrusion Porosimeter(s)
Verder Scientific Microtrac Belpore
Dynamic Vapor Sorption Analyzer
Dynamic Vapor Sorption Analyzer
Surface Measurement Systems DVS Resolution
Gravimetric DVS
Capable of measuring the sorption and desorption isotherms using water vapour, CO2 vapour, and organic vapours
Semi-adiabatic Calorimeter
Semi-adiabatic Calorimeter
CALMETRIX FCal 8100
Vacuum Mixer and Sample Preparation Facilities
Vacuum Mixer and Sample Preparation Facilities
Renfert Twist Vacuum Mixer and other sample batching, mixing, and sample preparation facilities.
pH and Conductivity Meter
pH and Conductivity Meter
Other Equipment in Process of Procurement
Other Equipment in Process of Procurement
Particle Size and Shape Analyzers
Thermogravimetric Analyzer
X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
Concrete Durability Lab
Concrete Durability Lab
Surface and Bulk Resistivity Meter
Surface and Bulk Resistivity Meter
Proceq Surface Resistivity Meter with Bulk resistivity attachments
Water Permeability Test Setup
Water Permeability Test Setup
Options for measuring water permeability as per BIS 516 or DIN 216 standards
Muffle Furnaces
Muffle Furnaces
Two programmable muffle furnaces:
Peak temperature of 1200 °C
Peak temperature of 1600 °C
Hot Air Ovens (Programmable)
Hot Air Ovens (Programmable)
Two programmable hot air ovens up to 250 °C, controllable heating rate, etc.
Carbonation Chambers
Carbonation Chambers
RCPT / RCMT
RCPT / RCMT
Planetary Ball Mill
Planetary Ball Mill
Laboratory Ball Mill
Laboratory Ball Mill
Environmental Chambers
Environmental Chambers
Three rooms that can hold a set point temperature and relative humidity (RH).
RH range: 40% to 98 %, ±3%
Temperature range: 20 °C to 80 °C, ±3 °C
Curing Tanks
Curing Tanks
Water baths and curing tanks for conditioning specimens in water or alkaline solutions at different temperatures (5°C - 99°C)
Computational Lab
Computational Lab
Workstations
Workstations
High performance workstations
Access to SERC/CDS.
Software
Software
Access to software including:
Abaqus / CAE 2025 (Finite Element Modeling)
OriginPro 2024b (plotting)
EndNote 21 (reference management
Other software provided by IISc through DIGITS, CDS/SERC, IISc library, etc.
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