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Contact Angle Analysis

• Sessile Drop Method

• The ability to measure contact angles of a wide variety of polar and non-polar liquids on a wide range of customizable surfaces.

• The ability to accurately measure contact angles of water on surfaces of any angle.

 

Roll-Off Angle Analysis

• Sessile Drop Method + Tilting Table

• Accurately determine the advancing and receding angles of a droplet at specified angles up to 90 degrees.

• Accurately determine the roll-off angle of a specified droplet.

Surface Free Energy Analysis

• Contact Angle Analysis Method

• Accurately determine the Surface Free Energy of a surface to predict critical properties such as wetting/beading abilities.

• Determine Work of Adhesion and Spreading Coefficients of a surface to predict surface properties.

Foam Height Analysis

• Quantify a product’s foamability and foam stability over a specified time.

 

Foam Structure Analysis

• Determine bubble size and density and how these properties change over time.

Coefficient of Friction

• Evaluate the static and kinetic friction of a surface or treated surface.

• ASTM D1894

 

Gloss Analysis

• Accurately measure the gloss and/or change in gloss of any desired surface.

• ASTM D2457

 

Shore A Hardness

• Determine the Shore A Hardness of rubber polymers, elastomers, leather, etc.

• ASTM D2240

 

Surface and Fabric Color Analysis

• Hunter LAB Color Scale

• CIE Color Scale

• Fluorescence Detection or Filtration

• ASTM 4265

 

Tensile Tear Strength Testing

• Determine the strength properties of fabrics or treated fabrics.

• ASTM D2261

Critical Micelle Concentration

• Pendant Drop Method

• Bubble Pressure Method

• Wilhelmy Plate Method

• The ability to accurately measure a products’ CMC.

 

Dynamic Interfacial Tension

• Drop Volume Method

 

Dynamic Surface Tension

• Bubble Pressure Method

 

Static Interfacial Tension

• Spinning Drop Method

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Static Surface Tension​

• Pendant Drop Method

• Wilhelmy Plate Method

Emulsion, Suspension & Dispersion Stability Analysis

• Accurately determine the stability of an emulsion or mixture.

 

Separation (De-emulsification) Analysis

• Quantify a products ability to separate solutions such as oil emulsions.

Viscosity Testing

• Accurately determine the viscosity of a product.

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Rheology Testing

• Quantify yield values, sheer dependent viscosities, and viscosity versus temperature.

Color Analysis of Liquids

• UV-Visible Light Spectrophotometer Methods

  • Gardner color, CIE, Hunter L.a.b., etc.

 

Moisture Balance Testing

• Accurately determine the percent solids in a product.

 

pH Testing

• Health Canada Method

• ASTM E70