KSV Minitrough System 1
- The Compact Analytical Film Balance
PC-controlled Professional/Student Film Balance with comprehensive tutorial and instructional video for undergraduate experiments and for conventional analysis of monolayers at the air-water interface.
Configuration includes:
- The KSV Minitrough Control Module
- Trough
- Barriers
- Film balance
- Barrier drive
Common Features
- Symmetric or single-sided compression of the monolayer by two inter-linked surface barriers
- Leak-proof hydrophilic Delrin barriers
- Form-sintered single piece, non-porous PTFE trough. Surface area 273cm2, (365mm x 75 mm)
- Subphase temperature control facility by aluminum heating/cooling base plate operated by external circulating water bath. Bath sold separately
- Digital display of surface pressure
- Super-sensitive film balance with Platinum Wilhelmy plate (51066), 100 paper plates (51066FP) and a hook for paper plates (51066FPH)
- Complete KSV WINLB software for Windows operating systems
- Comprehensive instruction manual and instructional video CD on how to set up the instrument and get started with measurements (or for use in undergraduate experiments)
- Complete starter kit to make initial measurements (see accessory KSV-LBKIT)
| Specifications |
| Film balance measuring range |
|
0 to 250 mN/m |
| Film balance resolution |
|
0.004 mN/m |
| Barrier compression speed |
|
0.1 to 200 mm/min (symmetric compression) |
| Effective trough dimensions |
|
365 x 75 mm |
| Subphase volume |
|
0.160 l |
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