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Table&of&Contents&
Released 2014. 05 ................................................................................................................ 1
FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE ........................................................................................ 4
1. HARDWARE SET-UP (DST 30 MANUAL TYPE)
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1.1 BASIC ITEMS INCLUDED WITH THE DST 30 ................................................................................ 7
1.2 COMPONENTS AND CONTROL ELEMENTS .................................................................................. 8
1.3 CONDITIONS OF INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 9
1.4 INITIAL DST 30 SET UP ..................................................................................................... 10
2
OPERATION
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2.1 CLEANING THE DU NOÜY RING ........................................................................................... 14
2.2 LOADING THE SAMPLE ....................................................................................................... 15
2.3 MEASURING SURFACE TENSION BY THE DU NOÜY RING METHOD................................................ 16
2.3.1 Surface Tension Result by Ring Method ....................................................................... 19
2.4 MEASURING SURFACE TENSION BY THE WILHELMY PLATE METHOD ............................................. 20
2.4.1 Surface Tension Result by Plate Method ..................................................................... 23
2.5 MEASURING INTERFACIAL TENSION ...................................................................................... 24
2.5.1. Interfacial Tension Result .......................................................................................... 26
2.6 CMC (CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION) MEASUREMENT ..................................................... 27
3 CALIBRATION..................................................................................................................... 28
3.1 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE .................................................................................................. 28
4 THEORY OF SURFACE TENSION ............................................................................................ 30
4.1 DU NOÜY RING METHOD ................................................................................................... 30
5 CONDITIONS INFLUENCING SURFACE TENSION ................................................................ 31
5.1
T
EMPERATURE
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5.2
T
IME
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5.3
D
ENSITY
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5.4 SURFACE CLEANING .......................................................................................................... 31
5.5 PURITY OF LIQUID ............................................................................................................. 31
5.6 SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND PORE SIZE ..................................................................................... 31
5.7 INFLUENCE OF ADSORPTION ................................................................................................ 31
5.8
V
IBRATION
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6
COMPANY INFORMATION
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6.1 ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBERS ............................................................................................. 28
6.2 SERVICE INFORMATION ...................................................................................................... 28
Warranty ........................................................................................................................... 28