Researcher Info

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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
Spain
WG 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