- 6th km Harilaou - Thermis, Thessaloniki, Greece
Analytical Laboratory
Analytical Laboratory for Catalyst Characterization
A fully equipped laboratory for characterization of cracking catalysts.
BET method
N2 physisorption for specific surface areas quantification and pore size distribution.
PSD
Particle Size Distribution with laser diffraction.
ICP-AES
Inductively Coupled Plasma with Atomic Emission Spectroscopy for elementary analysis on solids and liquids.
TGA
Thermogravimetric Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) of solid materials.
HR-TEM
High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy for identification of atomic structure and elemental coordination in specific parts of catalyst particles.
FTIR
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in combination with Pyridine adsorption for acidity quantification of solid catalysts.
TPX
Temperature Programmed processes like reduction, oxidation and NH3 or CO2 desorption for reducibility, oxidative and acidity or basicity studies on solid catalysts. Detection via Mass Spectroscopy (MS).
SEM-EDS
Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy for surface morphology observation and elemental distribution on solid particles (mapping, linescans).
LECO
Elemental analysis mainly for Carbon content on solid catalysts and liquid samples.
XRD
X-Ray Diffraction for crystal phases detection and Unit Cell Size of zeolites measurement.