Hank Levi
Hank has been working in the instrumentation industry for over 20 years. He one of the more experienced people in the field with a background in Moisture Liquid Properties and Titration measurement.
Liquid surface tension has a straightforward definition with a dramatic job description: it’s the force that politely stops a liquid from flinging itself off into the universe.
Measuring it, however, is far less straightforward. There are multiple ways to quantify surface tension, and they can quickly turn an easy concept into a small maze of methods. To bring some order to the chaos, this article focuses on two main measurement approaches: drop-based techniques and force-based techniques.
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Topics:
Automatic Digital Tensiometer,
Automatic Surface Tension Measurment,
Surface Tension Measurement,
Surface Tension,
Interfacial Tensiometer,
interfacial tension,
tensiometers,
du Nouy tensiometer,
surface tension instruments,
surface tension analysis
As usual when we pose a question, like:
Should you use Coulometric or Volumetric Karl Fischer to measure moisture in your product?
We often get a the reaction, “So Who Cares?” We'll try to answer both questions.
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Topics:
Coulometric Karl Fischer,
Volumetric Karl Fischer,
Moisture Analysis,
Moisture Testing,
Karl Fischer,
Karl Fischer Titration
Visitors to our web pages often arrive with the question, “What is the Function of a Sieve Shaker?”
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Topics:
Sieve Shakers,
"Ask Art",
Sonic Sifter,
Agglomeration,
Particle Size Analysis,
Sieve Testing,
Sieves,
Sieving Process,
Sieve Analysis,
Quiet sieve shakers,
sieve shaker
When people are looking for a way to measure small amounts of moisture, we often recommend the Karl Fischer method.
What is Karl Fischer?
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Topics:
Coulometric Karl Fischer,
Karl Fischer,
Karl Fischer Titration
At first glance, viscosity seems like a fairly simple concept. It helps describe how thick a product is, or how well it flows. That's all, right?
In reality, there are several different terms that come under the heading of viscosity. These terms are derived from how the viscosity is measured. When people talk about viscosity, they are talking about one of two things: kinematic viscosity or dynamic viscosity.
It's not easy to find a lot of information on the differences between dynamic and kinematic viscosity. This is my attempt to bring clarity to these two principal concepts.
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Topics:
Newtonian Fluid,
Viscometers,
Viscosity,
Consistency,
Kinematic Viscosity,
Dynamic Viscosity,
rotational viscometer,
Liquid Properties,
density,
Texture Analysis,
gel time