MICROTRAC is a leading manufacturer of particle characterization instruments, offering a diverse range of technologies to analyze particle size, shape, surface area, porosity, and stability & shelf-life in formulations. Below is an overview of the technologies used in MICROTRAC instruments:
- Captures high-speed images of moving particles
- Measures particle size and shape parameters
- Provides direct visual evidence and morphology analysis
- Analyzes fluctuations in scattered laser light from particles in suspension
- Measures hydrodynamic diameter, ideal for nanoparticles
- For colloids, pharmaceuticals, and nanomaterials
- Measures gas or vapor uptake on solid surfaces
- Determines surface area, porosity, and pore size distribution
- For catalysts, adsorbents, and porous materials
- Uses angular patterns of scattered laser light to determine particle size
- Covers a wide particle size range
- Fast, repeatable, and suitable for wet or dry samples
- Applies pressure to force mercury into pores of a sample
- Calculates pore size distribution, total pore volume, and surface area
- Useful for characterizing porous materials and filters
- Measures spatial distribution of scattered light in liquid samples
- Assesses formulations’ physical stability
- Ideal for concentrated dispersions, emulsions, and suspensions
