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Background
The Nazar Group lab’s research focus encompasses complex material synthesis, physical, and structural characterization, electrochemical testing, and electrode design for electrochemical energy storage devices. The research employs a range of physical chemistry techniques, including ex-situ and in-situ studies involving X-ray/neutron diffraction, Raman microprobe, NMR and electrochemical impedance spectroscopies, and thermal analysis, combined with fundamental electrochemical studies used to examine the underlying processes in solids. We are a multidisciplinary group consisting of students enrolled in the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Physics.
Three primary features are required of the thermal analysis instrument (i) The instrument must heat the sample to temperatures in excess of 1200oC, and down to -100 oC which is necessary to ensure completeness of thermal events in the solid-state materials under study; (ii) the instrument must provide quantitative calorimetric data over this entire range; (iii) the thermal gravimetric and differential thermal analysis curves need to be conducted simultaneously on the same sample.
Complete information can be obtained from the RFP document. The budget for this purchase is capped at $130,000 CAD, not including HST.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal may be submitted in writing (via email) to the RFP Contact Person as follows:
Christine Wagner, Procurement Specialist – Research; Procurement and Contract Services
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo, East Campus 2
Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5
Email: cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
