FlowPrep
The Micromeritics FlowPrep lets you choose the most suitable gas, temperature, and flow rate for your application and sample material.
Overview
The Micromeritics TriStar II Plus is a fully automated BET surface area analyzer designed for rapid, high-throughput analysis with high accuracy.
Its three-station design increases the speed and efficiency of routine quality control while maintaining the accuracy, resolution, and data reduction capabilities needed for research applications.
With versatile analysis methods and advanced data reduction, the TriStar II Plus adapts to meet specific application requirements.
Features
- Highly accurate gas management with unique analysis manifold design.
- Three analysis ports operate simultaneously and independently of one another. Three BET surface area measurements can be performed in less than 20 minutes. For additional throughput, four Micromeritics TriStar units can be operated with one computer.
- A dedicated P0 port is standard, allowing the measurement of saturation pressure on a continuous basis. Saturation pressure can be entered manually, measured continuously, or collected over the sample. The TriStar II Plus provides the flexibility to control and fine-tune analysis speed and accuracy.
- Isothermal Jackets ensure a constant thermal profile along the full length of both sample and saturation pressure (P0) tubes.
- The Dewar design provides up to 40 hours of continuous temperature control.
Applications
Surface area is a critical tool in investigating the kinetics of the sintering process and product properties. Particles having rough surfaces or internal porosity will generally exhibit higher specific surface areas. Therefore, surface area indicates the amount of sample surface available to react with other component particles and /or the surrounding environment.
The wear lifetime, traction, and performance of tires are related to the surface area of carbon blacks used in their production. Medical Implants Controlling the porosity of artificial bone allows it to imitate real bone that the body will accept and allow tissue to be grown around it.
Knowledge of surface area, total pore volume, and pore size distribution is important for quality control of industrial adsorbents and in the development of separation processes. Surface area and porosity characteristics affect the selectivity of an adsorbent.
The active surface area and pore structure of catalysts influence production rates. Limiting the pore size allows only molecules of desired sizes to enter and exit, creating a selective catalyst that will produce primarily the desired product.
Nanotube surface area and micro porosity are used to predict the capacity of a material to store hydrogen.
Surface area and porosity must be optimized within narrow ranges to accomplish gasoline vapor recovery in automobiles, solvent recovery in painting operations, or pollution controls in wastewater management.
Surface area and porosity affect the curing and bonding of greenware and influence strength, texture, appearance, and density of finished goods. The surface area of glazes and glass frits affects shrinkage, crazing, and crawling.
The surface area of a pigment or filler influences the gloss, texture, color, color saturation, brightness, solids content, and film adhesion properties. The porosity of a print media coating is important in offset printing where it affects blistering, ink receptivity, and ink holdout.
Optimizing the surface area and porosity of the components improves storage capacity and energy generation.
Porosity is important in groundwater hydrology and petroleum exploration because it relates to the quantity of fluid that a structure can contain as well as how much effort will be required to extract it.
Surface area and porosity play major roles in the purification, processing, blending, tableting, and packaging of pharmaceutical products as well as their useful shelf life, dissolution rate, and bioavailability.
