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