Facilities

• Instron 8562 servomechanical testing instrument, 11"/min to 1 µ/hr
• Instron 8501 servohydraulic testing instrument, cyclic testing up to 20 cycles/sec.
  • Two - 10 sample testing fixtures with data collection system to monitor cyclic and static fatigue testing of porcelain samples in biaxial flexure
• Instron, TTB, mechanical testing instrument
• B&R dental materials testing system
• CSI - CS-137X, pendulum impact tester (Charpy, Izod, and tensile impact tests)
• Theta, differential dilatometer system, computer control - data collection
• Tektronix Type RM 565 dual beam oscilloscope with differential inputs
• Wilson, model MO, microhardness tester
• High heating and cooling rate "no load" laser dilatometer, >800°C/min
• High heating and cooling rate bending beam viscometer, >800°C/min
• Rigaku Geigerflex DMAX/B diffractometer, 50kV, with 1600°C furnace attachment
• Bio-Rad, (Digilab), FTS-40, 0.5 cm-¹ resolution, Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer with WINIR data collection and analysis system, capable of real-time kinetics studies, including UMA-500 FTIR microscope attachment
• TA Instruments, thermal analysis system:
  • Thermal Analyst 2200; Model 910 DSC; Model 2950 Hi-Res automatic, 16-sample TGA; Model 983 DMA; 1600^o C DTA, LN2 cooling -150^oC to ambient, Model 943 TMA HP-7475 plotter
• Lepel ACF1 induction casting machine, cast alloys to 3000°C
• Thermolyne type 46200, 1700°C furnace with 10"x10"x10" muffle
• Rutland milling and drilling machine
• Laminar flow hoods
• CO₂ incubators
• Inverted phase contrast microscope
• Coulter counter
• Purified water system (18 megohms)
• Table top and floor centrifuges.
• Fluorescent microscope
• Agarose and PAGE electrophoresis equipment
• Hybridization oven
• UV-Vis spectrophotometer
• Plate reader, with computer interface
• PCR equipment
• Acrylamide gel dryer
• Beta counter
• Complete histological sectioning laboratory
• Gamma counter
• Atomic absorption spectrophotometers, with graphite furnace
• Labsphere spectral radiometer (model DAS 2000) integrating sphere for spectral irradiance measurements between 350 to 1050nm, calibrated to NIST standard
• Ocean Optics FOXY system for optically measuring oxygen concentration
• Taylor Hobson Form TalySurf Series 2 surface texture/metrology system with 3-D scanning capability
• Mercury dilatometer made by NIST for determining polymerization shrinkage of light-cured dental restorative materials
• Custom-made differential eddy current device to measure real-time volumetric polymerization shrinkage of dental restorative materials.
• Instrumentation for determining in vitro intrapulpal temperature rise resulting from exposure to dental light-curing processes.