From atoms to full-scale components.
The CSingh Research Group leverages the MME department's processing and testing infrastructure alongside the institute's Central Research Facility for advanced characterization.
📷 r/iitkgpCharacterization Facilities
| FESEM with EBSD & EDS | Field emission SEM for high-resolution imaging, crystallographic orientation mapping, and elemental analysis — available via CRF |
| HRTEM | High-resolution transmission electron microscopy for atomic-scale imaging and diffraction — available via CRF |
| Dual-Beam FIB-FEG | Focused ion beam with field-emission SEM for site-specific TEM sample preparation and cross-sectioning — available via CRF |
| X-Ray Diffraction | Powder and single-crystal XRD for phase identification, residual stress, and texture analysis — departmental and CRF instruments |
| Optical Microscopy | Metallographic optical microscopes with digital imaging for microstructure examination — departmental |
| Nanoindentation | Nano-indentation and nano-tribology system for local mechanical property mapping — available via CRF |
| X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) | Surface chemical analysis for oxidation, corrosion, and thin-film studies — available via CRF |
| Thermal Analysis (DSC / DTA / TGA) | Differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis for phase transformation and oxidation studies — departmental |
Processing & Testing Laboratories
Thermo-Mechanical Processing Lab
Rolling mills, extrusion, and forging rigs for processing Mg, Al, and steel alloys with controlled thermomechanical schedules.
Melting & Casting Lab
Induction melting, vacuum arc melting, and gravity casting facilities for alloy synthesis from raw materials.
Heat Treatment Lab
Box furnaces, tube furnaces, and salt-bath setups for solid-state annealing, quenching, and ageing treatments up to 1200 °C.
Powder Metallurgy Lab
Ball milling, compaction, and sintering facilities for powder-route processing of metals and composites.
Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)
Rapid densification of powders under simultaneous pressure and pulsed DC current for ODS steels, composites, and refractory materials.
Mechanical Testing Lab
Instron universal testing machines and servo-hydraulic load frames for tensile, compression, fatigue, and fracture testing.
Creep Testing Lab
Constant-load creep frames for long-duration elevated-temperature testing of structural alloys.
Corrosion & Electrochemistry Lab
Potentiostats and immersion test rigs for electrochemical characterization, polarization curves, and EIS of metallic alloys.
Institute Shared Instruments
The IIT Kharagpur Central Research Facility (CRF) provides institute-wide access to high-end analytical instruments. Key instruments relevant to the group's research are listed below.
| Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FESEM | High-resolution FESEM with variable pressure mode, EBSD, ECCI, and EDS capabilities |
| JEOL Analytical FESEM | Multi-mode field emission SEM with elemental mapping and low-voltage imaging |
| Analytical TEM (HRTEM / STEM) | 200 kV TEM with HAADF-STEM, EDS, and SAED for atomic-resolution structural analysis |
| Cross-Beam FIB-FEG (Zeiss) | Dual-column FIB/SEM for 3D tomography and precision TEM lamella preparation |
| Variable-Temperature XRD | Powder diffraction with in-situ heating capability for phase transformation studies |
| Nano-Indentation & Nano-Tribology | Sub-mN indentation for local elastic modulus and hardness mapping |
| SQUID Magnetometer | Superconducting quantum interference device for magnetic property measurements |
| X-Ray Micro-CT | Non-destructive 3D imaging of internal microstructure and defects |
Computing & Simulation
PARAM Supercomputer (IIT KGP)
Institute-level HPC cluster under the National Supercomputing Mission, providing access to large-scale DFT, molecular dynamics, and phase-field simulations.
Group Workstations
Dedicated compute nodes for EBSD/MTEX texture analysis, finite-element simulations, and data processing pipelines.
Simulation Software
Thermo-Calc, DICTRA (CALPHAD thermodynamics), MTEX (texture analysis), ABAQUS (FEA), and LAMMPS (molecular dynamics).