Water sorption behavior plays an important role in the
manufacture and design of
many commonly encountered and
advanced materials.
Some examples include:
PEM fuel cell components
Drying and storage of grains
Texture and shelf life of food products
Stability of pharmaceutical excipients and drug actives
Mortar, grout and other cementitious materials
Paper and coatings
Hydrophobic surface treatments
Microporous and nanostructured carbons
Quantachrome's Hydrosorb™ 1000 Available in two versions according to application temperature.
Standard: 12deg to 47degC High Temperature: 12deg to 85 degC
New materials such as nanostructured carbons
yield exciting results. (CMK measured at 85 degC)
Water sorption measurement has traditionally been either slow and laborious, or costly and limited to small quantities of material. The Hydrosorb 1000 is the latest innovation in water sorption characterization and overcomes these limitations. It offers fully automated, rapid measurement of adsorption and desorption water isotherms including BET surface area calculations and heats of adsorption. Two models offer analysis temperature ranges of 12deg to 47degC or 12deg to 85degC. Accurate water vapor dosing is made possible by using a unique, heated (100° C) manifold design. HydroWin PC software provides convenient set-up of analysis parameters, data reduction and reporting.
