Researcher Info

Josefa Fernández
Professor
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Laboratory of Thermophysical Properties
Facultade de Física, Campus VIda, Faculty of Physics
Rúa Xosé Manuel Suárez Núñez, s/n
15782 Santiago de Compostela Galicia
SpainWG 2: Chemical & Physical Properties;WG 3: Application of ILs
www.usc.es/thermo
Research Expertise
- Thermodynamic and transport properties at high pressures
- Ionic Liquids as lubricants or lubricant additives
- Density scaling of transport properties
- Thermal stability of ionic liquids
- Phase equilibria at high pressures
Equipment you can share
- Vibrating-Tube Densimeter at pressures up to 140 MPa and from 278 up to 398 K
- (Two) Falling-body Viscometers at pressures up to 150 and 250 MPa and from 303 up to 363 K
- Automated densimeter - viscometer at atmospheric pressures Anton Paar Stabinger SVM3000. From 253 up to 373 K
- Tribometer CSM Standard (rotating and reciprocating ball-on plate)
- Phase equilibria of Gas or Solid in Liquid at pressures up to 100 MPa
- Rheologica Rheometer at pressures up to 75 MPa
- Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)
- Differencial Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Simultaneous DSC-TG + FTIR, Isothermal Titration Calorimeter and Isothermal Calorimeter TAM III (All with some charge involved)
Placements Offered
- Young researchers for STSM welcome for thermophysical and tribological measurements and modeling
Looking for
- IL samples for research on lubricants, oil addtitives and thermal fluids