• 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.