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Microwave Reaction System: The clear solution for digestion, extraction and synthesis

In daily working routine lab-microwaves are used in many different application fields: from sample preparation to extraction and synthesis. Advantages are time savings, lower operating costs, easy handling and accurate parameter control.

The Multiwave PRO, our flagship for sample preparation, can perform acid digestion, oxygen combustion, UV digestions, microwave drying, acid evaporation and microwave extraction in one device.

The Multiwave GO is the smallest microwave digestion system on the market and enables quick and uncomplicated processing of routine samples. The HPA-S offers the highest temperature specifications and allows you to digest even the most difficult samples.

The Monowave 400/450 is specially designed for microwave extraction and synthesis. With this device you can gently extract your samples but also perform fast synthesis. With the budget-friendly Monowave 50 you can synthesize new materials on smallest footprint in a trice of time.

The modular MCR rheometers

The MCR rheometers of Anton Paar are distinguised by their flexibility of use.

Any type or combination of rheological tests from routine measurements to high-end R&D applications, both in rotation and oscillation, are possible.

MCR rheometry is built on technological innovation: The EC motor technique, the low friction bearing and the patented normal force sensor have been optimized over years to satisfy the highest demands of rheologists. Due to the modular concept of the MCR family it is possible to adapt the rheometer efficiently and comfortably to meet your needs. Beside a variety of temperature chambers covering a range between -150°C and 1000°C, a vast range of application specific accessory allows to set additional parameters such as pressure, magnetic field or relative humidity during rheological testing. Furthermore, the combination of optical methods such as light microscopy, SALS or SAXS with an MCR reveals information on the sample structure.

Technical highlights

• Powerful, synchronous EC motor drive
• High-precision air bearing, including patented normal force sensor
• TruGap™: Innovative and patented system for measuring the gap
• TruRate™: Sample-adaptive controller in rotation and step strain
• TruStrain™: Fast and accurate strain control due to improved real-time position control oscillation (formerly DSO)
• Different MCR models with outstanding specifications for various applications

Ease of use

• Toolmaster™: Patented system for automatic recognition of measuring system and accessories
• QuickConnect coupling: Easy, one-hand measuring system connection
• T-Ready™: Reduces waiting times by detecting and signaling sample temperature equilibration
• Wide range of application-specific accessories and measuring systems for all kinds of applications
• Rheometer software: User-friendly application software with 21 CFR Part 11 compatibility

Particle analysis by light scattering

The Litesizer™ 500 determines the size and stability of nanoparticles and microparticles in liquids by using light-scattering. Combining key technological advances and ingeniously simple software has resulted in a high-performance instrument that produces state-of-the-art particle analysis at the touch of a button.

The size and stability of nano- and microparticles are crucial to their function as well as to their processing and transport properties. Anton Paar now introduces the Litesizer™ 500, a light-scattering device for particle analysis that gives you rapid and accurate insight into your particle systems. In one simple and elegant instrument, the Litesizer™ 500 provides all the tools for optimizing your particle systems by revealing how they change with time, pH, temperature and concentration.

The Litesizer™ 500 determines particle size, zeta potential, and molecular mass by using light-scattering technology, in combination with transmittance measurements.

The pièce de résistance of the instrument is its ingeniously simple software. The user interface is a one-page workflow, where input parameters, results and analysis are all on a single page. You can set up measurement series, and produce the analysis and report you need at the touch of a button.

Further technological advances include cmPALS, the novel patented technology that re-defines the state of the art in zeta potential measurements and allows you to resolve several different particle sizes in a single suspension.

Working with powders creates challenges, particularly when it comes to processing and storage or also intake and predelivery control. Most of these challenges are related to the complex flow behavior of powder. Powder flow is influenced by a wide range of factors such as particle size and shape, chemical structure, humidity, temperature, packaging behavior, static charge or surface morphology. An MCR powder rheometer can simulate and determine powder flow under different conditions and therefore ensures efficient quality control and smooth powder processing. Therefore, this setup allows the investigation of dry granular flow not only in the consolidated, but especially in the fluidized or near-fluidized state. Thus, a MCR powder rheometer is the perfect setup for rheological investigations of powders in quality control as well as research and development.