KSV Minitrough

The CompanyKSV Instruments Ltd, Helsinki, Finland, is the leadingglobal provider of routine, research and characterizationinstruments to surface chemistry and Langmuir-Blodgettfilm applications.Langmuir film ProductsRanging from manual, educational apparatuses to fullyequipped high performance R&D grade multi/alternatinglayer LB-troughs KSV offers the widest range of Langmuirsystems in the world.Thin filmCharacterizationKSV’s BAM (Brewster Angle Microscope) and QCM(Quarts Crystal Microbalance) are used for characterizationof Thin films and for wide variety of nanotechnologyapplications in biology and molecularengineering.Surface ChemistryProdutsWith Sigma 700 Tensiometer and CAM 100/CAM 200Drop Shape Analysis contact angle meters and theirvarious modifications KSV covers most of known surfacechemistry measuring methods. All instruments utilizethe latest technological advances in measurement ofsurface/interfacial tension of liquids as well as interactionsbetween liquid/solid systems.SpecificationsFILM DEPOSITION SYSTEMControl and Software controlled unsupervised andoperationautomatic film depositionsDepositionspeedDepositioncyclesDwell timesMax. sizeof substrateDipper motorStandard range 0.1 to 75 mm/min,Speed adjustment increment 0.1 mm1 to unlimited depositions0 s to unlimited, individual adjustment forupper and lower delay times60 x 35 mm 2 (100% immersion)Servo-controlled DC motorFILM PRESSURE MEASURING SYSTEMMeasuringWilhelmy plate method, platinum or paperprinciplesensor element connected to microelectronicfeedback system for surface pressure control.Software controlled operation, userprogrammable process parameters.Dynamic rongeResolution0 to 250 mN/m4 μN/mFILM AREA CONTROL SYSTEMSurface area Symmetric compression of monolayer byregulation2 inwardly moving barriers.Software controlled operation and user,programmable process parameters.SurfocebarriersCompressionspeedMade of hydrophilic, optionally hydrophobic,material. Leakage proof.0.02 mm to 200 mm/minInaccurocy Less than 1%Barrier driveTROUGHMaterialBelt drive powered by servo controlledDC motorSolid, cast-molded PTFE with integrateddipping well. No glue or o-ring seals.Aluminium base plate with built-in waterchannels for temperature control of thesubphase. PTFE thickness at troughbottom 1.15 mm. Trough with very smallvolume by request.SizeVolume365 x 75 x 5 mm.Dipping well in centre of trough0.160 l without dipping wellwww.ksvltd.comKSV Instruments LtdHöyläämötie 700380 HelsinkiFINLANDKSV Instruments USAP.O. Box 192Monroe, CT 06468USATel. +358-9-5497-3300Fax +358-9-5497-3333e-mail: info@ksvltd.fiTel. +1-800-280 6216+1-203-268-1745Fax +1-203-459-0437e-mail: ksvinfo@aol.com