Hot shop with two gas furnaces for glass melting, one with a capacity of 200 Kg and another with 50Kg; a glory hole, two annealing ovens, a bench work, and all the usual tools needed for glass blowing.
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Bench for lamp work and a scientific glass blowing with 6 torches.
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Furnaces for fusing, kiln casting and pâte de verre techniques.Bottom Load furnace which can go up to 1600ºC to prepare small amounts of glass (up to 1 kg).
Cold shop with cutting machines, polishing, milling, etc.
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Laboratory for ceramic work with a spray cabinet, laboratory for preparing moulds for kiln casting and pâte de verre, stained glass atelier and two scientific laboratories with fume hoods.
CO2 laser engraving for glass, 3D printer (Z corp) working with ceramic powder (developed by MIT), several UV lamps (380 nm) and a optical fiber UV/VIS spectrometer.
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| CO2 laser engraver and 3D printer Z Corp |
Under the “National Science Foundation Re-Equipment Program (FCT-MCTES)” the
following equipment was acquired in 2010:
(The use of this equipment is available for the Scientific Community. For booking and prices please contact sec-vicarte@fct.unl.pt)
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Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)/Calorímetro de varrimento diferencial
NETZSCH; DSC404 F3 Pegasus
Temperature range: 25 - 1550ºC
Maximum heating rate: 50ºC/min
Crucibles: Al2O3, PtRh, Al
Software: Proteus 5.2 |
Dilatometer/Dilatómetro
NETZSCH; DIL 402 PC
Temperature range: 25 - 1600ºC
Sample holder and pushroad (porta-amostras e vareta): Al2O3
Maximum heating rate: 50ºC/min
Software: Proteus 5.2 |
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Disk mill /Moínho de discos
FRITSCH; pulverisette 13
Max. throughput (depending on the material): 150 kg/h
Maximum feed size: 20 mm
Final size: 0.1 - 12 mm
rotating speed of the grinding disk: 440 rpm |
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Mortar grinder/Moínho de almofariz
RETSCH; RM200
mortar and pestle: agate
Capacity: 10 - 190ml
Maximum feed size: 8mm
Minimum final size: ~10μm |
Sieve shaker / Agitador de peneiros
AS 200 Basic
Capacity: 3kg
Diameter of sieves: 200mm/8" |
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Shaker powder mixer/Misturador de pós
WAB TURBULA (Glen Mills Inc.); T2F
Capacity: maximum load 10kg; maximum filling volume 2 liters
Speed adjustable (5 steps); 23 to 101 min-1 |
VICARTE is located at the campus of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology and therefore for studies such as the new materials for art, glass corrosion, and provenance studies of glass, there is access to sophisticated equipment in collaboration with researchers from the following Departments:
Department of Conservation and Restoration – Micro X-ray fluorescence equipment used for non-destructive elemental analysis of glass artefacts and glazes and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer for glass corrosion studies. Raman Microscopy for structural characterization of glasses and decorative materials.
REQUIMTE - Laboratório Associado – UV-VIS optical spectrometer to identify the origin of colour in glasses; Jovin-Yvon Spex Fluorog 3- 2.2 spectrofluorometer. (For the measurements with the optic-fiber a SPEX Model F-3000 fibere optic adaptor); Microspectrofluorimetry.
CENIMAT (Materials Centre – Laboratório Associado)– Profilometer for diagnostic of glass surfaces and scanning electron microscopy for characterization of glasses and their corrosion phenomena.
Outside the Campus there is access to screen printing facilities in the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universidade de Lisboa and to a NdYAG laser of the Optoelectronic Group in the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidade de Lisboa.
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Still outside the Campus there is access also to some facilities in the Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (Nuclear and Technological Institute)
UV/VIS/NIR spectrometer used for the characterization of coloured glasses.
Laboratory to prepare solutions for ICP/MS.
Ion-beam techniques using the Van der Graaf accelerator for chemical characterization of glasses, corrosion studies and thin layer characterization.
Nuclear Reactor for analysis of glass samples by neutron activation analysis.
FT-ICR Mass Spectrometer for the characterization of glass types. |
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Library
A new and quite well appointed library building with excellent conditions has just been inaugurated on our campus. In this library the students have computers and free internet access, a small art gallery space, a cafeteria, and private spaces which can be reserved for individual study. There are also rooms which may be booked for meetings or study groups of up to 12 people, and a well equipped and appointed lecture space. |
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