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Environmental Test Chambers 101
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: For decades, environmental test chambers have been used to study products with countless applications in fields such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, automotive, electronics, solar cell, ...
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What are the Benefits of an Auto-Adjustable Table Versus a Chair?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: For professionals with jobs that center around a work station, desk or computer, investing in quality furniture promoting health and productivity is important. Choose furniture that is comfortable for ...
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Electronics Thermal Testing - Improving Accuracy and Throughput
From: inTEST Thermal SolutionsDescription: Controlling thermal test by directly monitoring environment or device temperature with a secondary, controlled temperature sensor. ...
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Daisy Chain Jumper - Customised Product for a Small Order
Description: A recent customer required special a multiple hook-up in series. While this isn't a product listed in our standard category - we were able to put this together for our client with little delay. ...
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Laser Scattering - How Does It Work?
Description: For a long time the measuring of the particle size distribution has been an utilized technology, based on the for a 100 years well understood scattering of light on small particles. The commercial use ...
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Particle Size Analysis of Flour
Description: The sieve analysis is due to good reason no ICC- standard method, because it can not be standardized. Two steps are processed in trying to improve the reproducibility of a sieve analysis of flour. A ...
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A Superior Solution for Press-Fit Pin and Receptacle Applications
From: Mill-Max Mfg. Corp.Description: Press-fit pins and receptacles are versatile types of interconnection components for electrical and electronic applications. Individual pins and receptacles are available in sizeds suited to ...
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How to Select the Right Connector for LED Lighting Applications
From: Mill-Max Mfg. Corp.Description: In this article, we'll look at board-to-board connectors (headers and sockets) used in coplanar board mating, as well as receptacles and sockets for bi-pin LED bulbs such as MR11 and MR16 styles. In ...
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The Hidden Value of Instrument Manufacturers
From: Anton PaarDescription: For those of you who work with any analytical/lab or process instruments, you know that staying in compliance with global regulations has become burdensome in the past decade. Everyone is fixated on ...
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Viscosity Measurement and the World's Insatiable Demand for Oil
From: Anton PaarDescription: Three recent fiery derailments of trains transporting crude oil from the Bakken Shale formation in North Dakota have attracted the attention of the federal government as well as the petroleum ...
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The Megger Guide to Battery Testing
From: MeggerDescription: Now that we know everything there is to know about battery chemistry, except for Tafel curves, ion diffusion, Randles equivalent cells, etc., let's move on to battery construction. A battery must have ...
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Water Conservation Communication Toolkit
Description: WATER CONSERVATION was once avoided by professionals in the water industry. The notion of actively trying to sell less of one's product was considered ludicrous. ...
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An XRD/XRF Instrument For the Microanalysis of Rocks and Minerals
From: MOXTEK, Inc.Description: A breadboard setup constructed at MOXTEK, Inc., is capable of capturing both x-ray diffraction (XRD) and x-ray ?uorescence (XRF) information simultaneously using a charge-coupled device (CCD) as the ...
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Nutraceutical Powders Need Quality Control
From: AMETEK BrookfieldDescription: This article examines the flow behavior of nutraceutical powders, the proper test method for defining their flow parameters, and the implementation of fast and accurate QC checks that ensure a smooth ...
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When The Blister Pack Works Too Well...What's a Customer To Do?
From: AMETEK BrookfieldDescription: Maintaining capsule integrity is an important requirement for established pharmaceutical manufacturers who want happy customers. Ensuring delivery of capsules and tablets to the recipient in tact and ...
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The Complete Guide To Electrical Insulation Testing
From: MeggerDescription: WHAT IS "Good" insulation? Every electric wire in your plant - whether it's in a motor, generator, cable, switch, transformer, etc. - is carefully covered with some form of electrical insulation. The ...
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The DepthStar™ - A Solution to an Industry Dilemma
Description: Proactivity has recently been used to solve the problems that have plagued the industry with tubing-retrievable safety valve (TRSV) performance as development has ventured into deep-water ...
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Guide to Clamp-On Ground Testing
From: MeggerDescription: Testing the quality of the grounding system has been a critical part of any electrical maintenance program for many years. Ground electrodes are used to provide a safe path to earth for the ...
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The Megger Guide to Oil Breakdown Dielectric Testing
From: MeggerDescription: Oils that combine a high flashpoint with high dielectric strength have long been used as an insulating medium in transformers, switchgear and other electrical apparatus. To ensure that the dielectric ...
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Determination of the Particle Size Distribution for Procaine
Description: Procaine is a local anaesthetic - an ester type - which is used very seldom today as a local anaesthetic, since much more effective and more deeply penetrating substances like for example lidocaine ...
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Examination of Sediments Offshore the Antarctic Peninsula
Description: The development of below sea level deposits offshore the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula was influenced by the variation of the continental ice shield and the amount of ice in the ocean, which ...
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Material Processing, Composite Materials, Graphic Films, Lighting Effects...
Description: Microscopic small glass spheres can be used for a many of applications: in mechanical engineering as an abrasion deterring element in grating components, in micro electronic mechanics as an adjusting ...
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Particle Size Determination in Pharmaceutical Applications
Description: The majority of all drugs have to - in order to unfold their full effectiveness - reach the bloodstream. Read details about particle size determination in this area. ...
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Broadband Spectrum: The Engine for Innovation, Job Growth, and Advancement of Social Priorities
Description: The Internet has been referred to as the information superhighway and has become an essential component of business and society. The increasing demand for any time, anywhere broadband access has ...
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Smart Grid Policy Roadmap: Consumer Focused and Technology Driven
Description: Smart grid is a more robust application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to transform the generation, transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity to provide greater ...
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The Contributions of Information and Communication Technologies To American Growth, Productivity, Jobs and Prosperity
Description: This study examines the role and impact of information and communications technologies ("ICT") in the American economy and evaluates the likely effects of several current policy proposals and choices ...
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U.S. ICT R&D Policy Report: The United States: ICT Leader or Laggard?
Description: The United States has long stood as the unrivaled leader in information and communications technology (ICT). ICT is ubiquitous, supporting every industry sector, improving the capabilities and ...
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White Paper on Cloud Computing
Description: This White Paper investigates which TIA standards have potential interactions with clouds and proposes a strategy for acquiring the expertise to address interoperability issues between those standards ...
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Analysis of Lead in Toys
Description: Important and always current is the analysis of lead in toys for children. Details about the effective sample comminution with FRITSCH Mills. ...
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Introduction into particle sizing
Description: Laser Scattering - How does it work? For a long time the measuring of the particle size distribution has been an utilized technology, based on the for a 100 years well understood scattering of light ...
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Analyzing cemented carbide alloys used for making cutting tools
From: Fischer Technology, Inc.Description: Milling cutters and drill bits are used for processing various materials. Depending on their intended application, they are made from different cemented carbide alloys. In order to determine the ...
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Effect of color pigments on the hardness of thermoplastics at different temperatures
From: Fischer Technology, Inc.Description: Every day, we use countless switches in a wide range of environments. Consider a morning routine: turning on the light in a humid bathroom, starting up the coffee maker, turning on/off the outdoor ...
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Thickness of protective coatings on wristwatch dials
From: Fischer Technology, Inc.Description: In today's hectic world, there are few people who can do without a wristwatch. The importance of this "cultural companion" has also changed in recent decades. For some, it just tells the time, helping ...
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Using nanoindentation to characterize the hardness of coatings on weight-bearing medical implants
From: Fischer Technology, Inc.Description: Sometimes, due to injury or disease, load bearing joints such as knees or hips must be replaced with artificial orthopaedics. Such surgeries are not only extremely painful but also expensive and ...
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Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters
Description: Introduction OSHA 1910.399 defines a ground fault circuit interrupter, or GFCI, as "a device whose function is to interrupt the electric circuit to load when a fault current to ground exceeds some ...
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Determination of the Kinetics of Curing of Cyanoacrylate-based Adhesives with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Description: This application note discusses the use of FTIR to monitor the curing kinetics of cyanoacrylate adhesives. ...
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Small Amplitude Oscillatory Rheometry
Description: This note describes the technique and use of small amplitude oscillatory rheometry to measure viscometric properties of polymer solutions and melts, including dynamic modulus, relaxation time, linear ...
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Yield Stress Measurements in Polymer Solutions and Melts
Description: Various techniques to measure yield stress using conventional shear rheometry are discussed & compared. ...
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Case story - Aroona Alliance
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: The Water Corporation is the principal supplier of water, wastewater and drainage services in Western Australia to hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and farms, as well as providing bulk water ...
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White Paper - Getting the most from the HART handheld device
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: A HART handheld is an essential tool in plants deploying HART instrumentation. But what is a HART handheld? What are the differences between various handheld brands and what are the practical ...
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White Paper - How calibration improves sustainability
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: Social, economic, and environmental effects are the three pillars often used to define and measure sustainability. Calibration plays a critical role in impacting these pillars to help maintain ...
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White Paper - How to calibrate a 10-50 mA instrument
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: Today, the market consists mostly of 4-20 mA output instruments, but several 10-50 mA instruments still exist. Finding a calibrator that will measure and source the 10-50 mA instruments is a ...
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Insights on Ultrasound Inspection Technologies
From: Zetec, Inc.Description: Ultrasound testing (UT) is a very useful and versatile nondestructive testing method that allows for a full volumetric examination of your component. It uses high-frequency sound waves that are ...
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Measure Automotive Coating Thickness
From: Fischer Technology, Inc.Description: Quality control of painting processes in automobile manufacturing is becoming increasingly important. The requirements for efficient corrosion protection and paint quality are growing with the ...
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Focus on Batteries
From: BTECH, Inc.Description: Stationary battery systems are among the most critical substation assets and are often the most overlooked. Recent changes to the North American Electric Re liability Corporation's (NERC's) Protection ...
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Optical Characteristics of Transparent and Opaque Materials - Influence of the Particle Size
Description: The ability of matter, to transmit light waves, is specified as transparency. If "something positioned behind something" can be relatively clearly recognizable, normally the material is considered ...
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Determination of Particles Size Distribution of Chocolate
Description: Particle sizes of chocolate and chocolate products strongly influence the mouthfeel of the chocolate product - a very small particle size would produce a "smooth" sensation in the mouth. To achieve ...
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Laser Particle Size Measuring Instruments for the Determination of Particle Size Distributions
Description: Laser diffraction - for quick and dependable determination of the particle size. Areas of application cover practically all branches of industry. For example, laser diffraction can be found in the ...
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Control Engineering Europe Evaluates Latest FTI Calibration Solution
From: Flow Technology, Inc.Description: This website uses cookies primarily for visitor analytics. Certain pages will ask you to fill in contact details to receive additional information. On these pages you have the option of having the ...
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Calibration White Paper- The production of the new industry benchmark
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: Beamex launched the MC6 advanced field calibrator and communicator in February 2012. This article takes a closer look at the production of this revolutionary product. ...
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Efficient automated calibration procedures at Miami-Dade WASD
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: One of the largest public utilities in the United States, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD), a department of Miami- Dade County, provides direct service to more than 420,000 customers ...
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Nail Penetration Testing: Critical Sensitivities
From: TÜV SÜD America Inc.Description: organizations in the mobile, stationary and consumer products field. Abuse tests are conducted to establish the reaction of cells, modules or batteries to conditions exceeding those expected to be ...
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Advanced Inspection of Reciprocating Compressors with Ultrasound
From: SDT Ultrasound SolutionsDescription: Anyone who has benefi ted from the advancements made in ultrasound testing will agree that this technology is no longer just for leak testing. It is a complimentary companion technology to vibration ...
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Establishing Ultrasound as a Pillar of Your CBM Programme - Part 1
From: SDT Ultrasound SolutionsDescription: Looking beyond the acronyms and buzz words may be our best and only chance at discovering the true meaning of our Condition-Based Maintenance journey ...
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Establishing Ultrasound as a Pillar of Your CBM Programme - Part 2
From: SDT Ultrasound SolutionsDescription: There's lots of talk about the benefits of implementing CBM and the positive impact that condition monitoring technologies like ultrasound testing can have. It seems we all have a good grasp of what ...
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Establishing Ultrasound as a Pillar of Your CBM Programme - Part 3
From: SDT Ultrasound SolutionsDescription: We were recently reminded of a quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: "It is always dangerous to reason from insufficient data." In Part 3 of Establishing Ultrasound as a Pillar of Your ...
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Predicting and Preventing Transformer Outages in a Steel Mill
From: SDT Ultrasound SolutionsDescription: Processing steel requires big energy and heavy duty electrical systems. But just one electrical component failure will grind steel production to a halt costing manufacturers with huge losses in time ...
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Battery Terminal Tension Test
From: Mecmesin CorporationDescription: BMZ is one the largest European suppliers involved in the design and manufacture of specialist custom made battery systems for mobile power applications. ...
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Application Note: Creating a 4-20 Ma Current Loop on the ACT-1B and ACT-3
From: Monarch InstrumentDescription: Think of the IO port as a variable resistor that regulates the current to 4-20 ma in the loop. All the other devices in the loop are represented as a resistor equal to the input resistance of all the ...
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Why test Top-load ?
From: Mecmesin CorporationDescription: Packaging for consumable goods must provide product protection. PET bottles, cans, and cartons have to withstand the compressive forces incurred during handling, transportation, and storage. ...
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Process Control Application Note
From: Weschler InstrumentsDescription: Most industrial processes require that certain variables such as temperature, flow, level or pressure, remain at or near some reference value (setpoint). Closed-loop control is used to achieve this. ...
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Dynamic Signal Analysis Basics
From: Crystal InstrumentsDescription: Describes the basic dynamic signal analysis theory including Fourier Transform, data windowing, linear spectrum, power spectrum, cross spectrum, FRF and coherence, averaging, transient capture and ...
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Fuel Cell Voltage Monitoring Considerations
From: FuelCellsEtcDescription: Knowing what's happening inside a fuel cell is a critical function, especially as fuel cells are continuing to be developed. One important aspect of this is to measure the voltage of each cell in a ...
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What is the difference between the TÜV organizations?
From: TÜV SÜD America Inc.Description: Achieving third-party certification for your organization's product(s) and/or management system(s) is an important step in gaining a competitive advantage, while realizing market access and success. ...
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High Output Resistance in a DC Calibrator?
From: ECTRON CorporationDescription: Most thermocouple simulators and dc calibrators have an output resistance of 50 ohms or higher for output voltages under approximately 200 mV. Although 50 ohms seems small compared to a ...
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Viscosity of Ionic Liquids
From: Anton PaarDescription: Ionic liquids are employed as powerful, environmentally neutral solvents and as electrically conducting fluids. Due to exact viscosity determination with the Lovis 2000 M/ME microviscometer essential ...
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White Paper- Calculating Total Uncertainty of Temperature Calibration with a Dry Block
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: We will discuss the various uncertainty components related to temperature calibration using a temperature dry-block. Also, we will discuss how to calculate the total uncertainty of a calibration ...
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Tamper-evident Ring Test
From: Mecmesin CorporationDescription: The company wished to perform a compression test on the tamper evident ring, which could measure the maximum force used to â push it offâ the cap. As the tamper-evident closures are fitted onto ...
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How to select a Current Monitor
Description: Selecting a Pearson Current Monitor ...
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Aircraft Brake Unit Spring Testing
From: Mecmesin CorporationDescription: The Aircraft Wheels and Brakes department at British Airways Plc are responsible for the repair and overhaul of the aircraft brake units on the Boeing 737, 747, 757, 777 and Airbus A319, A320 and A321 ...
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Time-Resolved Atmospheric Plasma Investigation by Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry
From: Hiden AnalyticalDescription: Atmospheric pressure plasma jets and its applications for material processing and biomedical treatment are of main interest recently in nonthermal plasma research [1]. Normally this kind of plasmas is ...
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Insulation Tester Basics
Description: One of the most commonly used instruments in industrial maintenance is an insulation resistance tester. Since insulation breakdown can cause production loss and is a safety hazard, industrial ...
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An Introduction To The Physical Characterization of Materials by Mercury (.pdf)
From: MicromeriticsDescription: Mercury intrusion porosimetry is one of only a few analytical techniques that permits an analyst to acquire data over such a broad dynamic range using a single theoretical model. Mercury porosimetry ...
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Low Resistance Measurement
Description: There are many applications (contactors, motors, transformers etc.) where the resistance measurements yields values below 1.0 Ohm. The issues associated with this type of measurement are listed below. ...
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Headspace Assay of Household Interior Paint with Teledyne Tekmar HT3™ Static Headspace Instrument (.pdf)
From: Teledyne InstrumentsDescription: The reduction or removal of compounds that react in the atmosphere with sunlight to form ozone has become a priority effort to improve air quality worldwide. Air quality for both indoor and outdoor ...
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What is a Particle? (.pdf)
Description: Elementary vs Fine Particles: The question embodied in the title might seem strange until you consider the many different ways particles play a part in science and engineering. For example, if you do ...
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Guide to Electrical Measurements (.pdf)
Description: The making of a decision is an important part of the process, as why we are making the measurements can aid us in how we represent the measurement, complexity of the measurement method and required ...
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Choosing the Most Suitable Shape Parameter in Morphological Analysis (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: In the literature, tens of shape parameters enable the morphology of particles to be characterised. One of the difficulties in morphological analysis resides in the choice of the shape parameter the ...
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Choosing the Most Suitable Theory in Laser Diffraction Mie or Fraunhofer? (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: Particle size analysis is based on the inversion of a diffusion matrix, the resolution of which is based on theories stemming from the equations of Maxwell. The Fraunhofer approximation and the Mie ...
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Combined Analysis of the Size and Shape of Particles in the Pharmaceutical Industry (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: Many analytical methods exist for the characterization of products manufactured in the pharmaceutical industry. Measuring the size and shape of particles or emulsions is undoubtedly one of the ...
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ISO Compliance of the Dry Jet Dispersion Technology (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: CILAS Dry mode measurements use a new dispersion technology called Dry Jet Dispersion (DJD). This technology provides you with: - high dispersion efficiency, - great reproducibility. The DJD ...
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On-line Measurement of the Size of Silicon Carbide (SiC) Nanoparticles (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: Silicon carbide (SiC) has physical and chemical properties suited to the most demanding industries. Its use is therefore very widespread, not just in electronics on account of its wide band ...
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On-line Water in Gasoil Droplet Size Analysis (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: Water is not a particulate contaminant and doesn't significantly affect engine normal performances. But because of the chance of rusting when water stays in contact with steel walls of components ...
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Particle Size Analysis for Drilling in Petroleum Industry (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: In order to drill a successful oil well, most drilling operators will use a good drilling fluid or mud (figure 1). Mud cools and lubricates the drilling tool, helps to attack the rock by injection ...
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Particle Size Analysis of Cocoa Powders (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: The consumer success of chocolate is due to its recognised appeal to the taste buds, but also to the particle size of each of the ingredients. This is an important factor in the manufacturing process ...
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Particle Size Analysis of the Zeolite in Catalysis Industry (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: 80% of manufacturing processes include at least one reaction of catalysis. The applications of the catalyst are very widespread : chemical (selective hydrogenations and oxidations by catalytic and ...
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Particle Size and Shape Analysis of Abrasives in Solar Industry (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: The photovoltaic effect is the ability of certain materials, particularly semi-conductors, to transform luminous energy into electricity. Since last five years, the need of photovoltaic cells is ...
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Size and Shape Characterisation of Plates Particles for Paint Industries (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: Some industries require strict control of particle size and particle shape in order to manufacture high quality products. These industries can benefit from the use of a particle size analyzer that can ...
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The Importance of Quality Methods in the Precise Sizing of Microsphere's Diameter (.pdf)
From: CILASDescription: Different characterization principles are used to measure the size of polymeric microspheres. Let us first discuss the microscopic techniques that are based on the direct observation of a sample. One ...
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A Paramertic Study of Electron Backscatter Diffraction based Grain Size Measurements (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Polycrystalline microstructures can be well imaged using maps reconstructed from orientation data collected by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). These ...
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Advanced Twin Characterization using OIM (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Twin boundaries have unique properties relative to other types of boundaries. Some of these properties increase the strength and inhibit stress corrosion cracking of the material. Others improve ...
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An Orientation Microscopy Study of the Martensite Transformation in an Fe-30% Ni Alloy (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: During the austenite to martensite phase transformation varying numbers of product martensite grains with different crystallographic orientations can be obtained from one single austenite parent ...
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Application of OIM to Study Heterogeneous Deformation in the Vicinity Of Grain Boundaries (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Fracture mechanics is well established to model the propagation of a crack in a continuum. However, the mechanisms by which a crack is nucleated are not well understood. The heterogeneous deformation ...
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Applications of EBSD in Archaeometry (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Archaeometry is the application of scientific techniques developed for the physical and biological sciences to archaeology. Electron Backscatter Diffraction or EBSD has become relatively common in the ...
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Characterization of Highly Deformed Aluminum by Dark- Field Diffraction Analysis (DFDA) in the TEM (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: High-deformation processing has been shown to produce an ultra-fine grain size in metallic materials. The resulting increase in strength is highly desirable for many metals. One such processing method ...
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Database For Trace Analysis (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Coupled with an Energy Dispersive x-ray System (EDS), the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is often used to analyze trace evidence. Automated identification of gun shot residue is an excellent ...
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Deployment of EDAX Tools in Support of Materials Problems Associated with the Hydrogen Economy (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: In a recent issue of JOM, Jones and Thomas gave an overview of materials issues associated with the Hydrogen Economy. They point out that while there are economic and societal issues associated with ...
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Drift Correction (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Samples being analyzed in a scanning electron microscope can build up a charge from the beam. This happens when a sample or area (i.e. phase, particle, edge, etc.) does not conduct the electrical ...
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EBSD & Thermoelectrics (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: Thermoelectric materials can convert temperature differences into an electric potential or conversely an applied voltage into a temperature difference. This property leads to potential applications in ...
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EBSD-Related Work at the Max-Planck- Institute for Iron Research (.pdf)
From: EDAX, Inc.Description: The Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research deals with the investigation of iron and steels and other related, mainly structural materials. EBSD-based orientation microscopy in the SEM has proven to be ...