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Fluid Soft Matter Characterisation Facility

Equipment for the characterisation of solutions and dispersions of polymers, proteins, surfactant and particles.

Equipment

Name Make/Model Details
Tensiometer (drop volume) Lauda TVT2 Drop volume tensiometer measures surface tension of solutions. Required sample volumes minimum 3 ml for robust data. Aqueous and non-aqueous solutions.
Viscometer/Densitometer Lovis Solution density and various type of viscosity can be determined. Temperature controlled. Can be used for polymer molecular weight determination. Aqueous and non-aqueous solutions. Autosampler facility.

Get in touch

Dr Alison Paul

Email
paula3@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44(0)29 2087 0419