A consulting and research laboratory specializing in the
analysis and characterization of surfaces and materials

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Recent News

09 Sep 2016
SSW Director David Shoesmith named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Prof. Dave Shoesmith, SSW’s Director, on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Fellows are elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities...
28 Jul 2016
2016 Dr. N. Stewart McIntyre Award winner Joseph Turnbull
Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Turnbull, PhD candidate from the Department of Chemistry at Western University, winner of the 2016 Dr. N. Stewart McIntyre Award in Surface Science. Joseph’s research abstract was entitled “Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Waste Containers in Aqueous HNO3 Solutions”. Joseph has used a variety of surface analysis techniques during his studies, including...
04 Jul 2016
SSW’s 35th Anniversary – Save the Date
This year marks Surface Science Western’s 35th Anniversary – yes we’ve been doing surface analysis and materials characterization since 1981! Please save the date of Friday, November 4th in the afternoon and early evening to come to London and celebrate this milestone with us. Invitations to follow by email in September.
11 Apr 2016
Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Waste Containers in Aqueous HNO3 Solutions
Recent research is looking to determine the effects of radiolytically produced HNO3 droplets on the corrosion of copper coatings on high level nuclear waste containers. The extent and distribution of corrosion damage has been analyzed to help determine a penetration rate and the reaction rate constants required to model the corrosion process. A micro-electrochemical cell...