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Simple Porometer
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Principle
A wetting liquid is allowed to spontaneously fill the pores in the sample and a nonreacting gas is allowed to displace liquid from the pores. The gas pressure and flow rates through wet and dry samples are accurately measured.
The gas pressure required to remove liquid from the pores and cause gas to flow is given by:
Where:
D = pore diameter
γ = surface tension of liquids
θ = contact angle of liquid
p = differential gas pressure
From measured gas pressure and flow rates, the pore throat diameters, pore size distribution, and gas permeability are calculated.
Application
The unique features of the instrument, especially its ability to generate highly reproducible data quickly, make it highly suitable for quality control and process control operations. The instrument is used in these applications in a wide variety of industries.
Capabilities
- Diameter of the most constricted part of a through pore (pore throat)
- Bubble Point (the largest through pore throat diameter)
- Mean flow pore diameter (50% of flow is through pores smaller than the mean flow
- Pore diameter range
- Pore distribution:
- f = -d[(fw/fd) x 100] / dD
- fw = flow rate through wet sample
- fd = flow rate through dry sample
- Gas permeability in many desired units including Frazier, Gurley, Rayl, & Darcy
Features
- Fully automated and user friendly
- Only a few minutes per test
- Preset test parameters
- Very little operator time and involvement
- Ideal for quick generation of highly reproducible data
- Variety of sample shapes and sizes
- Very little machine maintenance
- Real time graphic display
- Windows based software for all control, measurement, data collection, data reduction, and report preparation
Specifications
For more information see our Simple Porometer Brochure, Porometers Brochure, and Characterization of Pore Structure Brochure.