International Projects
Creation of a station for the analysis of trace contaminants in innovative materials used in the aerospace, automotive, and energy industries
Start: 01.11.2024 / End: 14.02.2025
Full name:
Creation of a station for the analysis of trace contaminants in innovative materials used in the aerospace, automotive, and energy industries
Objectives:
The aim is to create a testing station enabling the identification and quantitative determination of trace impurities in innovative industrial materials.
The aim of the investment is to construct a testing station in the area of analysis of trace and ultra-trace elements playing a key role in the processes of design and production of materials from the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy industries. The subject of the planned purchase of research infrastructure related to the creation of the station is a modern mass spectrometer coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
Budget:
Total cost of the project: PLN 1,881,862.50
Co-financing of the project from the EU: PLN 1,446,020.63
Target group:
Łukasiewicz – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology (research unit), aviation sector (manufacturers of materials based on nickel and cobalt alloys, ceramics), medical sector (manufacturers of materials with iron and titanium matrix), automotive sector (manufacturers of catalysts), energy industry (suppliers of alternative fuels).
Description:
The creation of a station based on the ICP-MS spectrometer will be the basis for the dynamic development of research projects in such disciplines as: space technologies, biomedical and material engineering, energy. It will also enable the intensification of R&D work to increase the knowledge resources for the creation of new methods for the identification and determination of trace and ultra-trace elements in samples of materials key to green economy areas, such as public transport, waste management and recycling, and sustainable use of natural resources. The construction of a new testing station will significantly affect the development of research on methods and procedures aimed at conducting element analyses at content levels beyond the technical capabilities of the currently owned research infrastructure. Supplementing the current infrastructure of Łukasiewicz Research Network – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology with the above-mentioned station will enable the creation of a unique scientific and research laboratory on a European scale specialising in the analysis of trace element content, playing a key role in monitoring the quality of production processes in various industries.
