Quantachrome has launched the Autosorb-IQ, an automated gas sorption analyser for surface area and pore size analysis, plus options for use with vapours and chemisorption.
It is available with two physisorption analysis stations for increased throughput.
The Autosorb-IQ is said to offer a multitude of capabilities in a single instrument.
Modular in design, it can be configured as a physisorption analyser for surface area and pore size including true micropore analysis from pressures below one millionth of an atmosphere; or for chemisorption using reactive gases; or with TCD and/or mass spectrometer enabling flow-based measurements such as TPR/TPO/TPD for catalyst characterisation.
The Autosorb-IQ is claimed to be particular appealing to researchers in academia and industry who are involved in porous materials development in areas such as green energy, gas storage and separation, drug delivery, catalysis and nanomaterials.
The dual-sample capability is said to be especially beneficial to those studying materials for which the typical analysis can be many tens of hours long (due to diffusional and other kinetic limitations) since it effectively doubles the throughput in the same footprint.
