DISAT
Cement pastes’ characterisation
Calorimeter for the determination of the hydration heat of binders according to EN 196-8 standard
Vicat’s needle to determine the setting time of cement’s pastes
Mortars’ preparation
Hobart’s mixer
Jolter for mortars’ preparation
Characterization of hardened cementitious materials
Climatic cabinet to analyze the behavior to freezing and thawing of aggregates (in accordance with EN 1367-1 standard) and concrete (in accordance with EN 12390-9 standard)
Programmable oven
Mercury porosimeter for the determination of pore size from 6 nm to 400 microns
High temperature (1600 °C) thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) for the determination of the composition of binders
Rheometer for the determination of the viscosity of cement pastes and mortars or ceramic slurries
X-ray diffraction for the determination of the composition of mortars and concretes
Scanning electron microscope