CANNON Instrument Company has introduced the miniPV®-HX fully automatic
polymer solution viscometer. The instrument design is based on CANNON’s successful
miniAV® with added functionality for the measurement of polymer solution viscosity. The
miniPV®-HX is compatible with aggressive acids and solvents commonly used for the dilute
solution viscosity determination of
polymers. The powerful ViscproII
software provides determination of
relative viscosity based on accurate
flow time measurements to 1/100th
second made under conditions of
temperature control within 1/100th of a
degree. Reduced and inherent viscosity
values can also be reported and the
intrinsic viscosity can be determined by one of two single-point methods, or the more rigorous
Huggins-Kraemer analysis. The software also supports Mark-Houwink-Sakurada parameters and
an optional branching factor for reporting polymer molecular weight.
The new miniPV-HX delivers complete automation including tube filling, cleaning, and
drying along with automatic flow time measurement and data logging into a standard database
format. The Viscpro II software features provide flexible report formatting and versatile data
export functionality. Dr. David Trowbridge, polymer scientist and applications engineer at
CANNON Instrument Company, comments that “this new product has made accessible very
accurate viscosity measurements with really none of the labor-intensive aspects that have
traditionally been associated with these measurements.” The new miniPV-HX is available with
an integrated autosampler that allows an entire sequence of samples to be measured without an
attending operator.
The minPV-HX has a height of 30.5” and a benchtop footprint of about 40cm (15.5”)
square. The modular design also includes a control unit (35cm x 40 cm, 13.5” x 15.5”) and
solvent station (8cm x 33 cm, 8” x 13”) which can be stacked to conserve work space.
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