Contact Angle Measuring Instrument, CA

Name and Model: Optical contact angle and surface tension meter, CAM 200, KSV

Year of Manufacture:

Year of Installation: 2003

General Technical Information:

Desrcription of Use: Measuring static or dynamic contact anles, surface free energies, absortion and surface tension of liquids

Key Features and Accessories:

Measuring ranges: 0…180º, 0.01…999 mN/m

Inaccuracy: ±0.5º, ±0.05 mN/m

Maximum sample size: unlimited x 150 x 150 mm³

Frame interval 17 ms…1000 s

Max. Measuring speed 25 or 60 full frames per second

Camera: CCD camera with telecentric zoom optics, red light filter

Light source: LED based backround lightning

Computer requirements: Pentium, SVGA graphics, Windows^TM95/98/NT

Measuring range extends from -5º to 100ºC

Water bath

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Location: University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, Department of Chemistry

City: Joensuu