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Contact Angle Surface Analysis Systems

The VCA-2000™ series instruments are easy-to-set-up systems with precise video image capture and computerized analysis capabilities. These systems provide critical surface information quickly and accurately for laboratory and industrial R&D, quality control, and process engineering needs.

The VCA-2000 Systems produce quantitative measurement of the surface through video contact angle analysis. The contact angle is defined by the tangent created at the interface of a liquid droplet with a solid substrate (gas/liquid/solid interfaces can also be analyzed). It is directly related to the phenomenon of surface energy which is a critical factor for adhesive bonding, cleanliness evaluation, biocompatibility, surface engineering analysis, and wettability investigations.

Features

VCA-2000 System Products Features

 

VCA-2000 (US)

VCA-2500

VCA-2500XE

Operating Systems

Windows 3.1

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Windows 95

 

Software Features

manual contact angle calculation

image save & export

statistical process control

not available

dynamic image capture at 15 frames per second

not available

automatic contact angle calculation

not available

optional

dynamic image capture at 60 frames per second

not available

not available

surface energy analysis

optional

pendant drop analysis for surface tension

not available

optional

data charting with graphic display

not available

not available

Hardware

ISA frame grabber

 

 

PCI frame grabber

 

Processor

486

Pentium

Pentium

RAM

8 MB

16 MB

32 MB

HDD

500 MB

1.0 GB

2.0 GB

FD

3.5" 1.44 MB

3.5" 1.44 MB

3.5" 1.44 MB

Monitor

14"

15"

17"

CD-ROM

 

Available Accessories

Film Sample Clamp

Environmental Chamber

Heated Environmental Chamber

Heated Syringe

Large Stage

Motorized Syringe

not available

Tilting Stage

not available

Optical Shutter

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