Pricing for the Short Course
Before April 1st
After April 1st
Each Additional Participant
$500
$600
$350
$750
$850
$500
$950
$1050
$600
* Fee includes tuition, course material, laboratory demonstration, sight seeing and meals. Fee is waived for one participant for customers who have purchased a machine AND have not previously attended any of our short courses.
Continental Breakfast - May 13th, 14th, 15th
Lunch - May 13th, 14th, 15th
Dinner - May 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
(Hotel not included in course fee, but can be booked at course rates.)
Short Course Schedule
Experts will discuss the wide spectrum of pore structures exhibited by porous materials and the basic scientific principles of the current and advanced pore structure characterization techniques. Advances in instrumentation, design and integration will also be considered. Invited speakers will discuss their experiences with porosity measurements. The course also includes demonstration lectures and hands on experience with instruments in the PMI Laboratory.
Program Schedule:
Monday, May12th
- Afternoon Registration
- PMI Engineers will be available for discussion at PMI facilities
- Sight Seeing (Fingerlake wine tour, Falls of Ithaca tour, Cornell University campus tour)
Tuesday, May 13th
- Registration
- Porous materials and their pore structure
- Wetting Liquid Extrusion Techniques: Part 1 - Capillary Flow Porometry
- CFP - Test Demonstration
- Data Acquisition & Stability Methods
- CFP - Accurate Test Execution & Data Acquisition
- Wetting Liquid Extrusion Techniques: Part 2 - Liquid Extrusion Porosimetry
- CFP - Data Management
- Advances in Capillary Flow Porometry
Wednesday, May 14th
- Permeametry
- Gas Adsorption & Condensation Techniques
- Nonwetting Liquid Intrusion Techniques
- LEP - Test Demonstration
- Lab Visit & Introduction to Instruments
- Error Analysis
- Selection of Pore Structure Characterization Techniques
- Hands-On Laboratory Tests
Thursday, May 15th
- Examples of Analysis & Interpretation
- Examples of Applications of PMI Instruments for Characterization of a Variety of Samples Under Many Test Conditions
- Unique Features of PMI Instruments
- Instrument & Design
- Invited Talk
- Hands-On Laboratory Tests
- Session Concludes
Friday, May 16th
- PMI Engineers will be available for discussion at PMI facilities
- Sight Seeing (Fingerlake wine tour, Falls of Ithaca tour, Cornell University campus tour)