Hodges Solid State Lab
Located on the 5th floor of the Chemistry Building at Penn State, the facilities of the Hodges Solid State Lab are equipped for wet-chemical synthesis, air-free chemistry, solid-state reactions, and hydrothermal chemistry. Collaborating with neighboring labs on the same floor, we optimize our resources by sharing space and some equipment, strategically enhancing our portfolio and capabilities.
Furnace and Equipment Lab
Wet Chemistry Hoods
Nitrogen Gloveboox
Chemicals
Group Offices
Group Computer
Group Room
Flame Sealing
Quartz tube sealing station with different size tube capabilities and argon backfill capability
Diamond Cutting Saws
Diamond cutting saws for quartz tubes and single crystal samples
Hot Centrifuge
Hot centrifuge with Canfield crucibles for separating flux from crystals
Hydraulic Press
20 Tons hydraulic press with different dies for making pellets
Inert Atmosphere Hydraulic Press
15 tons hydraulic press in the nitrogen glovebox for pressing samples and precursors
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Induction Heating Hydraulic Press
Used for low-mid-high temperature sintering of powders
Box Furnaces
6 1100°C furnaces
High Temperature Box Furnace
3 >1000°C Furnaces
Hydrothermal Ovens
4 hydro or solvo-thermal ovens (< 225ºC)
Tumble Oven
Rotisserie chicken oven (200°C max)
Vacuum Oven
Salt storage vacuum oven
Tube Furnaces
6 1200°C tube furnace with nitrogen and oxygen gas lines
Bridgman Furnace
1000°C two zone furnace with drop wire mechanism
Benchtop X-ray Diffractometer
Benchtop Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer (Mo source)
Optical Microscope
UV-Vis Spectrometer
FT-IR Spectrometer
Physisorption/Chemisorption
Simultaneous Thermal Analysis
(DSC/TG-DTA)
Light/Laser Flash Analyzer
(variable-temperature thermal conductivity)
SBA (variable-temperature electric conductivity/Seebeck)
Single Crystal Diffractometer
Scanning Electron Microscopy
