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CENTRAL RESEARCH LAB

IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE

DESCRIPTION AND GOALS OF THE ORGANISATION

INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS AND
CHARACTERISATION

The Operando Lab including XRD, IR and UV techniques is a member
belonging to the Network of Laboratories Redlab with registration No 369.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY
t Chemical analysis and characterisation techniques t Spectroscopy IR, UV-vis-NIR, Raman and Fluorescence
t Thermogravimetric analysis t Thermal Diffusivity determination

t Properties of solids: textural and chemisorption t Microscopy
t X-ray diffraction with structural analysis PDF t Biotechnological characterisation techniques

TEST FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, TYPES OF TESTING AND/OR 53*"-4

INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERISATION
* Chemical characterisation techniques: mass spectrometry, gas/mass chromatography. Elemental analysis ICP-OES
and CHONS.
* Thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTA) in an oxidising atmosphere (air), inert (Ar) or reductive (10% H2/Ar).
* Properties of solids: textural and chemisorption.
* X-ray diffraction with structural analysis PDF and controlled atmosphere chamber up to 900 °C and 10 bar.
The laboratory has all the necessary elements to perform X-Ray diffraction experiments under Bragg-Brentano and
transmission configurations with standard and capillaries holders. Further analysis can be made with low angle XRay
diffraction, a fundamental tool for the analysis of mesostructured materials, and grazing incidence X-Ray diffraction for
the study of thin layers. These experiments can be performed in very short intervals due to the use of more
sophisticated and rapid linear detectors, one of them with energy filtering. The XRDLab has a reaction chamber for
obtaining diffraction patterns in different gas atmospheres (0.001 to 10 bar pressure) and at different temperatures (up
to 900 ºC).
* Spectroscopy: IR (DRIFT, ATR and VEEMAX), UV-vis-NIR, Raman and Fluorescence.
* Thermal Diffusivity determination.
* Microscopy: Atomic force with next probe, SEM scanning electron and optical.
* Biotechnological characterisation techniques: GC, HPLC equipped with different columns and detectors (IR, MS,
UVVIS, HPAEC-PAD). Electrophoresis instrumentation for recombinant DNA technology, protein purification and
analysis.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
Avda. Ramón de la Sagra, 3 Parque Tecnológico de Móstoles Juan Coronado
28935 Móstoles, Madrid (Spain) Thermochemical Processes Unit
Tel.: +34 91 737 11 20 Fax +34 91 737 11 40 Tel.: +34 91 737 11 42
www.energy.imdea.org Email:juanmanuel.coronado@imdea.org