| • | Numerous high pressure cylindrical reactors (60b) for slurry phase olefin polymerisation | ( 1 ) |
| • | 2.5 litre reaction calorimetery with temperature control (up to 22 bars) | ( 2 ) |
| • | 2.5 litre “Turbosphere” Reactor for gas phase olefin polymerisation (up to 22 bars) | ( 3 ) |
| • | Numerous 0.5l glass reactors for low pressure polymerization | ( 4 ) |
| • | Gas phase and slurry phase stopped flow reactors for olefin polymerisation.
Rapid (40 millisecond) polymerisation under industrial conditions. | ( 5 - 6 ) |
| • | High purity glove box for catalyst preparation | ( 7 ) |
| • | High pressure emulsion polymerisation | |
| • | Flexible tubular reactors for latex preparation (up to 80m) | ( 8 ) |
| • | High vacuum system / oven for solid catalyst preparation | |
| • | Numerous argon/vacuum lines for organometallic synthesis | |
| • | High Temperature GPC in TCB (150°C) for polyolefins. | ( 9 ) |
| • | Solution (THF) and aqueous GPC. | |
| • | Differential Scanning Calorimetry (2) | |
| • | Infrared Spectroscope (MIR). | |
| • | RFS Rheometry (for latex products) | ( 10 ) |
| • | Access to NMR liquid (400 MHz) and solid (500 MHz), MALDI-ToF MS | |
| • | UV Spectroscope | |
| • | Quasi-elastic light scattering: ZetaSizer 1000 (90°) and AutoSizer 4800 (Variable Angle) | |
| • | Static light scattering (full PSD): LS 230 (Coulter) | ( 11 ) |
| • | Sieves for dry powders with dp> 1 µm. | |
