AMERIGO PARTICLE SIZE & ZETA POTENTIAL – CORDOUAN
Model: Amerigo
Manufacturer: Cordouan
Origin: France
Key features & benefits:
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- Three-in-one instrument
- Possibility to perform the measurements in a standard cell or using an interchangeable remote heads.
- Sample compartment designed for standard 10mm x 10mm cuvettes – no specific consumables
- Measurements in two configurations: backscattering (170°) or transmission (17°)
- High durability vitreous carbon electrodes
- Easy-to-use intuitive software
- Software correlator – dynamic time slicing and data analysis feature
- Small footprint
Specifications
| Particle size range | Particle size: 0.5 nm to 10 μm / Zeta potential: 1 nm to 100 µm |
| Sample concentration | 0.0001% to 10% w/% (solvent dependent) |
| Zeta potential range | -500 mV to +50 0mV |
| Temperature control range inside the cell | 10°C to 70°C; +/-0,1°C (depending on cuvette cell material) |
| Mobility range | 10-10 to 10-7 m2/V.s |
| Sample cell | Cuvette cell with optical quality windows compatible with organic solvents |
| Sample volume | Typically 750 µL (Hellma cell: 10 mm light path) |
| Sample type | Aqueous & organic solvents; pH: 1-14 (depending on cuvette cell material) |
| Maximum sample conductivity | 300 mS/cm |
| Optical fiber output (optional) | Possibility to connect an external in situ head or DTC head |
| SIGNAL PROCESSING | |
| Measurement technology | Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) / Laser Doppler Electrophoresis (LDE |
| Laser source | Highly reliable 50 mW diode @635 nm coupled to automated optical attenuation system |
| Detector | Avalanche Photodiode (APD) |
| Data processing algorithm | Real Time Correlation / Fast Fourier Transform |
| Measurement angles | Particle size : 170° (backscattering) and 17° / Zeta potential: 17° |
| Resolution | Mobility = 10-10 m2/V.s or Zeta = 0,1 mV ( in water) |
| HARDWARE | |
| Operating conditions / Storage conditions | 15°C to 40°C / -10°C to 50°C – Relative humidity < 70% non condensing |
| Computer interface | USB 2.0 / Windows 10 / 32 or 64-bit |
| Dimensions | 33 cm x 33 cm x 38 cm (HWD) |
| Weight | 17 kg |
| Power supply | 100-115/220-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 100 W max |
| SYSTEM COMPLIANCE | |
| CE certification | CE marked product – Class I laser product, EN 60825-1:2001, CDRH |
| ISO norm | ISO 13321 (1996) & ISO 22412 (2008) compliant, CFR 21 part 11 (option) ISO 13099-2 : 2012 – Colloidal system – methods for zeta-potential determination – Part 2 : Optical methods |
| ACCESSORIES & SERVICES | |
| 2 years warranty | |
| AmeriQ® software & Instruction manual | |
