Specifications include, but are not limited to: Kansas State University, a Kansas state agency and public state university (“University”), for and on behalf of 45130 Mechanical & Nuclear Eng (“Department”), is accepting Quotations for: One (1) High temperature tube/Chemical Vapor Deposition furnace with the following minimum specifications: Continuous Operating Temperature: at least 1100 deg C . Tube I.D.: 1.0” minimum . Heating Zone Length: 18” minimum . Controller: at least 10 Segment Program Controller . Multi channel gas inlets: at least 2 gas inlets . Mass flow meter and controller: Argon gas only and with flow rate of at least 10 to 500 sccm . Pressure/vacuum requirements in the tube: at least 100 pascal . Heating rate: Must be able to sustain high heating rates of up to 20 deg C per min. . Cooling: Natural/convection cooling. . Must be capable of growing a variety of ceramic materials such as MoS2.