Particle size analysis is a really important part of many industries and here at Meritics Limited, we have a number of techniques available with which you can measure particle size. The size of particles can have a massive effect on a material’s stability, strength and chemical reactivity, so it’s vital to ensure you make an accurate particle size analysis.
As we have a wide range of instruments and different techniques available we can advise on the best method which will provide you with the most accurate particle size measurement for your application. At Meritics, the range of techniques we have available for particle size measurement includes systems for use in the laboratory or online/in process measurements and we can provide a particle size measurement from samples with sizes in the nanometres to millimetres range.
Here at Meritics, we are all about providing you with meaningful measurements. We have so much expertise in particle sizing that we know exactly which piece of particle sizing equipment suits each individual job. We can provide you with the right particle sizing equipment whether it is suitable for laboratory or online characterisation.
We have different ways of making a surface area measurement. The classical BET surface area measurement using gas adsorption is widely used for powder materials, and we have systems that are automated and easy to operate. In addition to the surface area measurement, a pore volume measurement can also be made. A new alternative way of making a surface area measurement can be made performed using a unique NMR based system. This uses the difference in relaxation time of free solvent molecules and those bound to a particle surface to make a surface area measurement in emulsions, suspensions and colloids
Measuring the zeta potential of particles in suspension is used to predict stability and behaviour when exposed to changes in ionic strength of the solution such as flocculation. Historically zeta potential measurement has required the sample to be diluted before measurements which runs the risk of changing the zeta potential, but Meritics have two alternative techniques that can measure zeta potential without the need for dilution. We can also offer systems that will make particle size measurement as well as zeta potential or just zeta potential.
