Product category:
Viscometers and rheometers
News Release from: Viscotek Europe | Subject: Y501C
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 02 September 2004
Solution viscometry benefits chemical
companies
Faster analysis, greater precision and less solvent exposure than the traditional Ubbelohde or Cannon-Fenske glass tube viscometers
The model Y501C relative viscometer from Viscotek is, says the company, the benchmark analytical tool used by a growing number of leading chemical companies worldwide to measure the viscosities of dilute polymer solutions The Y501C measures solvent and sample viscosity simultaneously, avoiding errors due to temperature fluctuations and solvent variations
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 9 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Relative viscometer provides faster analysis
The Model Y501C relative viscometer from Viscotek Europe is ideally suited for measuring dilute polymer viscosities.
Absolute molecular weights without extrapolation
Viscotek has announced new technical data that demonstrates how its unique low angle light scattering (Lals) detector achieves results not possible using traditional light scattering technologies.
Characterisation of natural and synthetic polymers
The Rimax gel permeation / size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) is a powerful tool for the conventional characterisation of polymers, copolymers, proteins, nanoparticles and other macromolecules
The system provides faster analysis, greater precision and less solvent exposure when compared to the traditional Ubbelohde or Cannon-Fenske glass tube viscometers that it replaces.
The Y501C is said to be the only solution viscometer that can provide relative, intrinsic, inherent, specific and absolute viscosity as well as molecular weight information from a single experiment.
Fully compliant with ASTM method D5225-92 (solution viscometry of polymers) the Y501C offers three levels of automation to suit both budget and sample throughput requirement.
Installed at production facilities throughout North America and Europe the Y501C has helped many companies dramatically improve inherent viscosity measurements.
The system has typically provided accurate results on only a 1% solution, which has made it possible to reduce sample preparation time significantly.
This substantial reduction in the amount of time required to measure viscosity has facilitated much more timely feedback on process variables, resulting in increased polymer production yields.
The Y501C is proven for the analysis of polymers including polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyolefins (PE, PP), polyamides (nylon), synthetic rubbers (EPDM) and hyaluronic acid (HA). Request a free brochure from Viscotek Europe ...
• Viscotek Europe: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Laboratorytalk email newsletter
• Laboratorytalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
