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Principle
Application of a shear rate range (in steady mode) or a strain frequency (in dynamic mode) and measurement of the correspondent resistance of the material to flow to determine viscosity and viscoelastic properties (𝜂*, G’, G” and tan𝛿) respectively.
Capabilities
- Measurement of viscosity in a wide range of shear rates (0.01 - 1000 s-1) and temperatures.
- Frequency sweep tests for viscoelastic materials.
- Time sweep test to evaluate stability.
- Temperature sweep test for screening crosslinking temperature, gelation point, …
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyses (DMA) for phase transitions and modulus variation with temperature.
Assets
| Asset | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| RFS III Rheometrics | Strain controlled rheometer with high sensitivity for low viscosities. Geometries: parallel plates, cone & plate, concentric cylinders. Temperatures: -20 to +60 °C. |
| RMS 800 | Strain controlled rheometer to measure viscoelasticity of polymer melts Geometries: parallel plates. T from +30 to +400 °C. |
| Anton Paar MCR502 | Stress controlled rheometer for steady and dynamic measures from fluids to polymer melts. Geometries: parallel plates, cone & plate, concentric cylinders. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis with torsional geometry. T from -150 to +500 °C. |
| Ares Rheometrics | Strain controlled rheometer for steady and dynamic measures from fluids to polymer melts. Geometries: parallel plates, cone & plate, concentric cylinders. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis with torsional geometry. T from -150 to +400 °C. |