Particle Technology Labs has added the Morphologi G3 from Malvern Instruments to its range of material-analysis technologies, enabling it to gather information on particle shape and size.
The G3 is a fully automated microscope-based image-analysis system.
Bill Kopesky, PTL's vice president of Analytical Services, said: 'Not only has the Morphologi G3 allowed us to move away from manual imaging methods, we can now process large numbers of images in many different ways and examine a variety of parameters to provide more detailed information and the extra insight required.
'It has quickly become our instrument of choice for characterising elongated and non-spherical particles where applications allow,' he added.
Currently, PTL uses the Morphologi G3 primarily for method development and troubleshooting, and mostly for dry powders, for which the system has an integral dispersion unit.
'The wide particle size range that can be measured using multiple objectives means that we do not need to prepare multiple samples,' Kopesky said.
PTL also has liquid-dispersion capabilities with the instrument by using a wet cell accessory.
The company been able to assist clients in the filtration industry by collecting dilute particle suspensions onto filters and using episcopic illumination to measure the collected particulate using the Morphologi G3.
