April 2025
INC has established and applied the Quality Management System according
to DIN EN ISO
9001:2015.
October 2024
Dr. Paula Piechotta, Member of the German Bundestag and City Councilor
in Leipzig, visited the Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e.V.
(INC) on October 1, 2024, and learned about the work of the non-profit
industrial research institutions. She was impressed by the INC's
practice-oriented research for German SMEs.
The non-profit external research institutions organized within the ZUSE
community are an important component of Germany's research landscape
and support small and medium-sized enterprises in research and
development. As practical and creative thought leaders for German SMEs,
they translate scientific findings into applicable technologies, thus
paving the way for innovations that make German SMEs successful
worldwide.
Regarding future support for SMEs in the field of research and
innovative development, Dr. Piechotta concluded from her visit to the
INC that the research and support of non-profit industrial research
institutions is necessary through continuity in funding programs.
May 2024 Adsorption Week - Meeting on
gas adsorption and characterization of
porous materials
On May 14th and 15th, various lectures on static and
dynamic gas adsorption for the characterization of innovative novel
porous materials took place. The event covered the range from
characterization
to the application of novel porous materials, with reference to classic
everyday topics of exaust air purification or gas separation processes
as well as current research topics. We were delighted to
present inernationally renowned scientists as speakers, above all Prof.
Arvind Rajendran (University of Alberta), Prof. Camille Petit (Imperial
College London), and Prof. Pantelis Trikalitis (University of Crete).
On May 14th, there was a poster session where students and young
scientists took the opportunity to
present their research. December
2023
The INC as a member of the Deutsche
Industrieforschungsgemeinschaft Konrad Zuse e.V. was
successfully evaluated on December 7th, 2023. December
2020 Successful
participation in an international interlab
study for providing a reference sorption isotherm for Methane The
Institut für
Nichtklassische Chemie e.V. (INC)in Leipzig successfully
participate in an interlab study for preparing a reference isotherm for
methane
under high pressure atmosphere. This interlab study was managed by the
NIST
(National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department
of
Commerce), with 20 participating institutions from all over the world.
The INC
first certified its suitability for attending in the study by
successfully
measuring a CO2 reference isotherm. The subsequent
measurement of
several sorption isotherms of methane on the NIST reference material RM
88590
(zeolite Y) at 25 °C and up to a pressure of 7.5 MPa results in the
provision
of a reference isotherm for methane. Details of the work can be found
in the literature
given below. This contribution shows that the employees of the INC in
the field
of adsorption have the technical equipment and the necessary know-how
to
provide excellent thermodynamic data by means of experiments. A
reference high-pressure CH4 adsorption isotherm for zeolite
Y: results of an interlaboratory study.
Springer 2020;
doi:10.1007/s10450-020-00253-0.
