Multi-User Equipment approved in grant 2014/50948-3: helium pycnometer

• Grant number: 18/19636-6
• Support Opportunities: Multi-user Equipment Program
• Start date: December 01, 2018
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Civil Engineering - Construction Industry
• Principal Investigator: Vanderley Moacyr John
• Grantee: Vanderley Moacyr John
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50948-3 - INCT 2014: advanced eco-efficient technologies in cementitious products, AP.TEM
• EMU web page: http://www.lme.pcc.usp.br/multiusuario/
• Type of equipment: Caracterização de Materiais - Análises de Superficies - Adsorção (sorção, BET, ângulo de contato/goniômetro)
• Manufacturer: Micromeritics
• Model: ACCUPYC 1340

Abstract

Helium pycnometer is a lab equipment used for measuring de volume and the density of solids, with any shape (porous or non-porous, monolithic, powdered, granular) using the Boyle's Law. The equipment is prepared to test density of materials at lab temperature only. (AU)