Modular Advanced Rheometry System
Methods IMC, Mühlhaupt
| Modular Advanced Rheometry System for Soft Matter |
Model: | MARS, Thermo Scientific |
| Unit and Room: | FMF, second floor,R02015 |
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| Responsible: | Dr. Yasmin Korth |
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| Mechanical Spectroscopy, Rheometry |
Further information: | http://www.fmf.uni-freiburg.de/service/servicegruppen/sg_rheol/service/index_html |
| Short Description: Universal Mechanical Spectrometer for linear and nonlinear viscoelastic properties of soft matter in wide Temperature (-100 °C to 200 °C) and frequency (0.001 to 100 Hz) ranges. |
Picture of the Equipment
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| Available Experiments/Techniques: Dynamic moduli in oscillatory shear flow, viscositis in shear flow, all types of strain controlled experiments including relaxation modulus determination. |
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| Special Equipment: add on for microscopical observation during flow. |
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| Measurements on the equipment are currently done by: | Students after Introduction Students after extensive training Trained scientific service personal |
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| Recent Publications, where this instrument was important (citation): |
S. Patachia, C. Florea, Chr. Friedrich, Y. Thomann Tailoring of poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels properties by salts addition, Express Polym. Lett. 3 (2009), 320-331 |
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| Typical problems that may be solved with this instrument: | -Structure-rheological properties relationships for soft matter, including colloids. -Determination of characteristic viscositis and moduli of matter, relaxation time spectra -visualization of flow induced structures |
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