Professor Basu
Lab Link: http://people.bu.edu/basu/LABindex.html

The research focus of this laboratory is to investigate high-temperature oxidation behavior of materials by exposing metal and ceramic samples to corrosive atmospheres containing oxygen and sulfur at elevated temperatures up to 1,600˚C.

The laboratory is equipped with a CAHN (thermogravi-metric) balance and a Mettler microbalance for weight gain measurements, as well as an apparatus for oxidation in O–18 atmospheres, in order to determine oxidation mechanisms.