About FMCT

The International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) is a premier autonomous R&D Institution under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The mandate of the Organization is to develop materials and processes of industrial importance, as elucidated in the ARCI website (www.arci.res.in).

Since characterization is an essential part of the study and development of materials, ARCI has a dedicated Centre of Excellence with high-end sophisticated facilities for materials characterization and testing, the core focus of this Centre being microstructure-structure- property correlations. In addition, all other technical Centres in the ARCI system have established characterization facilities that are used mainly by the respective Centres, but available to all users.

The salient features of the facilities are as follows:

  • Each facility is operated by Scientists/Technical Officers/Technical Assistants /Technicians who are trained extensively, often at the site of the manufacturer.
  • Experienced Scientists/Officers help users in the analysis and interpretation of data as may be needed
  • Many of the equipments are maintained by way of Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMCs)
  • Calibration is carried our regularly, often as part of the AMCs

Charges towards usage of equipment on hourly basis

Sr. No. Title In Charge Charges for Government/Institutes Charges For Industries Action Action
1 X Ray Diffraction Rs. 2,000 / Per Hour Rs. 5,000 / Per Hour Book Now
2 Thermogravimetry analyser with mass spectrometer Rs. 1,300 / Per Hour Rs. 3,250 / Per Hour Book Now
3 Scanning Electron Microscope (Merlin Compact) with EDS Rs. 4,000 / Per Hour Rs. 10,000 / Per Hour Book Now
4 Rheometer Rs. 665 / Per Hour Rs. 1,663 / Per Hour Book Now
5 Simultaneous Thermal Analyser Dr. Sanjay Bhardwaj
sanjay[at]arci[dot]res[dot]in
Rs. 2,770 / Per Hour Rs. 6,925 / Per Hour Book Now
6 Powder x-ray diffraction unit Rs. 2,000 / Per Hour Rs. 5,000 / Per Hour Book Now
7 Gas chromatograph Rs. 950 / Per Hour Rs. 2,375 / Per Hour Book Now
8 Universal testing machine Rs. 3,215 / Per Hour Rs. 8,038 / Per Hour Book Now
9 Thin film analyser Dr. R. Subasri
subasri[at]arci[dot]res[dot]in
Rs. 1,800 / Per Hour Rs. 4,500 / Per Hour Book Now
10 Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Rs. 2,600 / Per Hour Rs. 6,500 / Per Hour Book Now
11 Instrumented indentation testing facility Dr. P. Suresh Babu
pitchuka[at]arci[dot]res[dot]in
Rs. 4,265 / Per Hour Rs. 10,662 / Per Hour Book Now
12 High Flux X-ray diffraction (XRD) Rs. 2,000 / Per Hour Rs. 5,000 / Per Hour Book Now
13 Instrumented indentation testing facility Dr. P. Suresh Babu
pitchuka[at]arci[dot]res[dot]in
Rs. 4,265 / Per Hour Rs. 10,662 / Per Hour Book Now