About Sommer Materials
Sommer Materials Research was founded in 2002 with the principle mission of conducting research in advanced materials and processes for commercialization. Sommer Materials Research facility is located in North Salt Lake, UT, approximately 7 miles north of downtown Salt Lake City. Immediately off of Interstate I-15, its location is easily accessible from the University of Utah or the Salt Lake International Airport, both only 15-20 minutes away by car. Sommer Materials Research currently has over 3500 ft2 of office, laboratory, and warehouse space.
Our Services
Lab Work
- Coefficient of Thermal Expansion- (Orton Dilatometer with argon)
- Particle Size Analysis- (Beckman Coulter LS230 PSD analyzer)
- Xenon Flash Thermal Conductivity
- Viscometers-(Brookfield Engineering)
- Programmable high-temperature furnaces (vacuum, tube, muffle)
- Microscopes
Other equipment include: fully-equipped machine shop (milling machine, lathe, diamond saw and grinder, band saws, Buehler Polishing Equipment), Instron tensile/compression testing machines, Napco 8000-DSE vacuum autoclave, Xenon flash thermal conductivity measuring device with Agilent data acquisition unit/Labview software, Red Line Corporation autoclave/encapsulator, Lab-Line vacuum oven, fume hoods, and thermocouple/furnace controllers. Other testing and analyzing equipment is available at Brigham Young University (BYU) and the University of Utah Material Science and Metallurgical Department (all
High-Temperature Shock-Resistant Geopolymers
