AutoPore IV Mercury Porosimeter

Micromeritics' AutoPore® IV 9500 Series characterizes a material’s porosity by applying various levels of pressure to a sample immersed in mercury. The pressure required to intrude mercury into the sample’s pores is inversely proportional to the size of the pores. This is called  mercury porosimetry, or often, “mercury intrusion.”
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The AutoPore IV series provides high-quality analysis data and comes with enhanced data reduction and reporting packages, faster pressure ramp rates, a more flexible and controllable vacuum system, and a redesign of both the low-and high-pressure generation systems.

Features

  • Capability to measure pore diameters from 0.003 to ~1000 µm*
  • Available with two low and one high-pressure ports or four low and two high-pressure ports for increased sample throughput
  • Available in 33,000 psi or 60,000 psi models
  • Low noise, high-pressure generating system
  • Enhanced data reduction package; includes tortuosity, permeability, compressibility, pore-throat ratio, fractal dimension, Mayer-Stowe particle size, and more
  • Operates in scanning and time – or rate – equilibrated modes
  • Collects extremely high-resolution data; better than 0.1 µL for mercury intrusion and extrusion volumes

    * NOTE: The maximum pore size that any mercury porosimeter can characterize depends on a number of factors. The primary limiting factors are 1) the contact angel between mercury and the sample material, and 2) the head pressure gradient associated with a volume of mercury and the volume of sample material subjected to these pressures. For more information, see:   A Few Facts Pertaining to the Low Pressure Performance Specifications of a Mercury Porosimeter (The Maximum Measureable Pore Size)

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