UK testing facilities
Cardiff University Durability and Characterisation Lab (DURALAB)
Cardiff University
Queen’s Buildings, West -1.02, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, Wales, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Climatic and environmental exposure
- Materials and structural testing
Services
Accelerated weathering and ageing of engineering materials including concrete, cement, plastics and metals; freeze/thaw, cyclic corrosion, carbonation, humidity, wet/dry and UV-weathering exposure; thermal-conductivity, chloride-permeability, calorimetry, porosimetry, rheology, microscopy and viscometry measurements.
Equipment
Q-Fog corrosion chamber, 600 L; QUV weathering tester for up to 48 specimens of 75 mm × 150 mm; wet/dry and carbonation chambers settable from -20°C to +70°C, with carbonation CO2 concentration up to 20%; freeze/thaw chamber settable from -20°C to +70°C; isothermal calorimeter sample size up to 125 ml; mercury-intrusion porosimeter pore range at least 0.0036–1,000 µm.
Standards
Calorimeter is described as compliant with ASTM C1679, ASTM C1702 and ASTM C563; no facility accreditation schedule stated.
Contact
Email: maddalenar@cardiff.ac.uk; Phone: +44 2920876150; Named contact: Dr Riccardo Maddalena (Facility contact; role not published)
Approximate location
CF24 3AA · Postcode area location