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Thanasis D. Papathanasiou
2C17 Swearingen Engineering Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
Phone 803.777.7219
Fax 803.777.0973
E-mail
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To learn more about the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of South Carolina, call or mail us at:
The University of South Carolina
Department of Chemical Engineering
2C02, Swearingen Engineering Center
301 South Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208
Ph 803.777.4181
Fax 803.777.8265
Maps:
USC campus
Columbia, SC
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Thanasis D. Papathanasiou
Associate Professor
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Image Analysis System
- Olympus BX-50 reflected light microscope
- Prior X-Y-Z motorized stage with auto-focus
- VideoScope 200E camera
- SimplePCI image analysis software
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Allied High Tech, TechCut unit
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Allied High Tech, MultiPrep unit
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Leistritz Twin Screw Extruder
- 18 mm co-rotating screws
- 8 heating zones, 7 cooling zones
- L/D: 40
- 500 rpm maximum rotation speed
- 2 x 20 N.m maximum torque
- 140 bar maximum melt pressure
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Hakke Polydrive batch mixer
- 132 rpm maximum rotation speed
- 480°C maximum temperature
- 130 N.m maximum torque
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Computers
- Microway Alpha cluster, 8 nodes, each with single Alpha 21164 CPU, master node has 1GB RAM, Super StackII 3300 24 UTP fast switch
- Two Precision 330 workstations, each with Pentium IV 1.7G Hz CPU and 2GB RAM
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