ANSTO maintains a comprehensive range of Materials Facilities for scientific research and the provision of commercial services to industry. Capabilities and the key ANSTO contact are listed for;
Researcher access to ANSTO facilities is available via our User Access Programs
For all commercial/industry enquiries please contact Access ANSTO on +61 2 9717 7000
| Materials Characterisation and Testing Facilities |
Contact |
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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)
Spectroscopic Ellipsometer |
Ken Short
+61 2 9717 3459
+61 2 9717 3725 |
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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) |
Arthur Day
+61 2 9717 3457 |
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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) |
David Mitchell
+61 2 9717 3456 |
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) |
Kathryn Prince
+61 2 9717 9217 |
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Ion Beam Analysis and Irradiations
Ion Micropobe Analysis Facility (10MeV and 2MeV Accelerators) |
Dr Rainer Siegele
+61 2 9717 3967 |
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X-ray Diffraction (XRD) |
Gordon Thorogood
+61 2 9717 3183 |
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X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) |
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Ion Implantation - Metal Vapour Vacuum Arc Ion Source (MEVVA) |
Dr Peter Evans
+61 9717 3696 |
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Metallography laboratory |
Sam Humphries
+61 2 9717 3497 |
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Non-contact Laser Dilatometer
Deep Level Transient Spectrometer
TGA Furnace - Weight change with temperature (max 1000g sample)
Instrumented Indentation Facilities
Molten glass/ceramic/metal viscometry
Infra-red Thermal Imaging Camera
Pyrometer with auto-laser emissivity measurement
Vibrational spectroscopy
Thermal analysis (DTA/TGA, DSC)
Tensile Testing - Materials Testing
Rheology |
Phil Walls
+61 2 9717 9239 |
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Ceramics Powder Characterisation and Fabrication Facilities
- Ceramics Powder Mastersizer (two systems)
- Ceramics Powder Autosizer
- Ceramics Powder ASAP 2400
- Ceramics Powder Autopore
- Ceramics Powder Multipycnometer
- Ceramics THETA 160 Dilatometer
- Integrated colloid characterisation
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Ken Short
+61 2 9717 3459
+61 2 9717 3725 |
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| Materials Processing |
Contact |
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Cold-crucible melting of up to 1kg of ceramic or glass |
Michael La Robina
+61 2 9717 9191 |
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Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PI3) |
Ken Short
+61 2 9717 3459
+61 2 9717 3459 |
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Cold Isostatic Pressing of materials (CIP)
Hot Isostatic Pressing of Materials (HIP) |
Sam Moricca
+61 2 9717 9095 |
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Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
Heat treatment in air, vacuum/inert atmosphere
Melt quenching facility
Tape Casting, Dip Coating, Spin Coating, Screen printing
Clean room with controlled atmosphere, glove boxes, work stations |
Gerry Triani
+61 2 9717 9070 |
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Remaining Life Assessment Facilities |
Contact |
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Servo-hydraulic & screw driven testing machines
Impact testing machines for fracture toughness
Small push-pull fatigue machine |
Warwick Payten
+61 2 9717 9102 |
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Constant load creep machines for elevated temperature |
Bruno Latella
+61 2 9717 3330 |
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