CORE FACILITIES
The Core Analytical Facility supports collaborative, multidisciplinary research involving instruments for electron, ion, and x-ray imaging, diffraction, and spectroscopy. This center works with researchers from UA and other universities, regional institutions, and stakeholders to accelerate discovery in a variety of fields.
AFFILIATED FACILITIES
Affiliated Facility
The Alabama Atomization Facility provides solutions for producing metal powders by gas atomization. AAF’s capabilities also cover particle size measurement and sieving to produce a wide range of tailored particle sizes.
Affiliated Facility
The Advanced Material Testing Laboratory in the South Engineering Research Center features multiple servo-hydraulic testing frames ranging in load capacity from 50 lbs to 250,000 lbs. Related equipment includes an induction coil heating unit for thermo-mechanical fatigue, a high-temperature isothermal furnace, and a moderate-temperature isothermal test chamber for material testing.
The Mechanical Testing Laboratory in the North Engineering Research Center contains a full suite of electromechanical and servohydraulic load frames, as well as a Gleeble 1600 thermomechanical simulator, split Hopkinson bbar, and a full nano- and micro-mechanical test lab with indentation and wear test capabilities.
INSTRUMENTATION
The following instruments are available on the University of Alabama campus for materials research activities. Some of this equipment is in core facilities, research centers, or departments that offer hourly rate usage, while others are associated with collaborative facilities.
