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Drop Shape Analyzer - DSA100E - Krüss
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Comprehensive Wetting and Coating Analysis with the DSA100E
The DSA100E Drop Shape Analyzer Expert version offers a versatile solution for analyzing solids and liquids in wetting and coating processes. Its high automation level ensures user-independent results for contact angle and surface tension, making it perfect for quality control environments. Furthermore, the DSA100E stands out in R&D with its ability to control thermal conditions, use up to eight test liquids, and employ scientific tools for solid/liquid contact analysis.
Wide Range of Applications
The DSA100E is crucial for quality assurance and activation process optimization, including plasma, flame, or corona treatment. It’s adept at analyzing wettability on various materials such as plastics, glass, ceramics, and metals, evaluating hydrophobic coatings, and assessing adhesives’ adhesion. This instrument plays a key role in the long-term stability of coatings, cleanliness homogeneity, and controlled environment wetting analysis.
Advanced Measuring Methods
With capabilities such as contact angle measurement on solid surfaces, automated position-dependent analysis, and surface tension measurements through advanced techniques, the DSA100E provides comprehensive insights. It supports a wide range of scientific evaluations from surface free energy calculation to detailed adhesion parameter analysis, accommodating the needs of complex automation through remote control options.
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Technical Specifications
Dosing System
- Syringe Dosing: 2 × software-controlled
- Liquid Needle double pressure dosing: 1 × included
- Multi-dosing system (optional): up to 8 liquids software-controlled
- Drop deposition (syringe dosing): software-controlled
- Syringes, volume: glass (2× 450 μL), disposable (900 μL)
- Resolution (syringe dosing): 20 nL
- Speed (syringe dosing): 0.004 to 25 μL/s
Camera system (standard)
- Model: Camera CF04
- Connection: USB 3.0
- Resolution: 1920 × 1200 px
- Frame rate: 2300 fps
- Dark noise: 7 electrons
- Dynamic range: 73 dB
Optics (standard)
- Focus: manual
- Zoom: 7× zoom, manual
- View angle: ±4°
- Field of view: CF04: 3.9 mm × 3.9 mm to 24.7 mm × 24.7 mm
- Resolution of optics: CF04: 3.1 to 21.7 μm
Illumination
- Types: high power monochromatic LED
- Wave length, dominant: 470 nm
- Field of light: 46 mm × 46 mm (D × H)
Stages
- Control: x-axis: software-controlledy-axis: software-controlledz-axis: software-controlled
- Length: x-axis: 100 mmy-axis: 100 mmz-axis: 38 mm
- Resolution: x-axis: 10 μmy-axis: 10 μmz-axis: 10 μm
- Accuracy: x-axis: 100 μmy-axis: 100 μmz-axis: 100 μm
Liquid Needle pressure dosing system
- Included in setup: yes
- Types: double
- Control: software-controlled
- Cartridge, volume: disposable (1 mL)
- Resolution: 0.1 μL
- Speed: fixed (fast jet)
Camera system (optional)
- Model: 5 megapixel high speed camera CF10
- Connection: USB 3.0
- Resolution: 2592 × 2048 px
- Frame rate: 3450 fps
- Dark noise: 9.3 electrons
- Dynamic range: 60 dB
Optics (optional)
- Focus: manual
- Zoom: 7× zoom, manual
- View angle: ±4°
- Field of view: CF10: 7.1 mm × 5.6 mm to 49.8 mm × 39.4 mm
- Resolution of optics: CF10: 2.7 to 19.2 μm
Tilting (optional)
- Types: internal tilting tableexternal tilting table
- Control: software-controlled
- Range: 0 to 90°
- Resolution: internal: 0.01°external: 0.1°
- Accuracy: internal: 0.3°external: 1°
Software
- Software type: ADVANCE
- Software languages: Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
- Software modules: Contact angle (recommended)Surface free energy of solids (recommended)Interfacial and surface tension of liquids: - pendant drop, rising drop (recommended)- Contrained Sessile Drop (optional)Adhesion Analysis (optional)Remote Control API (optional)Fiber contact angle: - Meniscus (optional)
Sessile drop
- Results: contact angle
- Range: 0 to 180° (software-based)
- Resolution: 0.01° (software-based)
- Accuracy: 0.1° (instrument-based)
- Models: conic sectionpolynomialcircleYoung-Laplaceheight-width
- Types: advancingrecedingstaticdynamictilting
Surface free energy of solids
- Results: surface free energypolar & disperse partacid & base partH-bond part
- Models: equation of stateZismanFowkesWuOwens-Wendt-Rabel-KaelbleSchultz-1extended Fowkesacid-base theory
Meniscus
- Results: contact angle
- Range: 10 to 90° (software-based)
- Resolution: 0.01° (software-based)
- Minimum fiber diameter: 55 μm
- Types: staticdynamicadvancingreceding
Captive bubble
- Results: contact angle
- Range: 0 to 180° (software-based)
- Resolution: 0.01° (software-based)
- Accuracy: 0.1° (instrument-based)
- Models: conic sectionpolynomialcircleYoung-Laplaceheight-width
- Types: advancingrecedingstaticdynamictilting
Pendant drop/rising drop
- Results: surface tensioninterfacial tension
- Range: 0.01 to 2000 mN/m (software-based)
- Resolution: 0.01 mN/m (software-based)
- Models: Young-Laplace
- Types: staticdynamic
Constrained Sessile Drop
- Results: surface tension
- Range: 0.01 to 2000 mN/m (software-based)
- Resolution: 0.01 mN/m (software-based)
- Models: Young-Laplace
Sample dimensions
- Maximum sample space: 320 mm × ∞ × 275 mm (W × D × H (without axes))
Instrument dimensions
- Footprint: 555 mm × 375 mm (W × D)
- Height: 490 mm
- Weight (without accessories): 24 kg
Environment
- Operating temperature: 10 to 40 °C
- Humidity: without condensation
Interfaces
- PC: USB 3.0
Housing and peripherals
- Compartment: test liquids protected against light
- Needle protection shield: yes
- Camera und optics housing: yes
- Levelling: yes
Power supply
- Voltage: 88 to 264 V
- Power consumption: 100 W
- Frequency: 50 to 60 Hz
Temperature measurement
- Range: -50 to 400 °C
- Resolution: 0.1 °C
- Precision: ±0.1 °C
- Accuracy: 1/3 DIN B (±0.1 °C at 0 °C to ±0.8 °C at 400 °C)
- Locations: sample stagechambercuvette
- External sensor: 2 connectors (PT100)
Temperature control
- Equipment: Optional:- temperature-controlled sample stage- chamber- cuvette
- Type of temperature control: liquidliquid (large)Peltierelectrical
- Range of temperature control: liquid: 5 to 90 °Cliquid (large): -10 to 130 °CPeltier: -30 to 160 °Celectrical: 50 to 400 °C
- Maximum sample space: 132 mm × 132 mm × 27 mm (W × D × H) (Large liquid chamber)
- Resolution: 0.1 °C
- Flow-through thermostat: with liquid
- Inert gas: yes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the DSA100E Drop Shape Analyzer?
The DSA100E is a highly advanced instrument designed for comprehensive analysis of wetting and coating processes on various surfaces. It offers a high degree of automation for measurements of contact angles and surface tension, making it suitable for both quality control environments and research & development applications. The DSA100E allows for thermal condition control, the use of up to eight test liquids, and provides scientific tools for detailed solid/liquid contact analysis.
What applications is the DSA100E suitable for?
The DSA100E is ideal for quality assurance and process optimization in applications involving plasma, flame, or corona treatment. It's used for analyzing wettability on materials like plastics, glass, ceramics, and metals, evaluating hydrophobic coatings, assessing adhesion of adhesives, and plays a significant role in examining the long-term stability of coatings, cleanliness homogeneity, and analyzing wetting under controlled environments.
What are the key features of the DSA100E's measuring capabilities?
The DSA100E is equipped with advanced measuring methods including contact angle measurement on solid surfaces, automated position-dependent analysis, and surface tension measurement through a variety of techniques. It has the capability to perform a wide range of scientific evaluations, such as surface free energy calculation and detailed adhesion parameter analysis, and supports complex automation via remote control options.
Can the DSA100E handle multiple dosing systems?
Yes, the DSA100E features a dual software-controlled syringe dosing system for precise liquid handling, and optionally, it can support up to eight liquids with its multi-dosing system. Its liquid needle double pressure dosing system and software-controlled droplet deposition provide further versatility in liquid handling capabilities.
What type of software does the DSA100E use, and what languages is it available in?
The DSA100E operates using the ADVANCE software, which is designed to facilitate the comprehensive suite of analyses the instrument offers. The software is available in multiple languages including Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, making it accessible to a wide range of users globally.
How does the DSA100E perform under various temperature conditions?
The instrument is designed to operate in a broad temperature range, from -50 to 400 °C, with precise temperature measurement and control. It can be optionally equipped with a temperature-controlled sample stage, chamber, or cuvette, enabling experiments under specific thermal conditions. This makes the DSA100E highly adaptable for experiments requiring precise temperature control.
What is included in the standard and optional camera systems of the DSA100E?
The standard camera system includes a Camera CF04 with a USB 3.0 connection, offering a resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels and a frame rate of 2300 fps. For those requiring higher resolution, an optional 5 megapixel high-speed camera CF10 is available, which features a resolution of 2592 × 2048 pixels and a frame rate of 3450 fps, providing extended capabilities for detailed visual analysis.
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