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Accelerating your Process Development

We have extensive experience of building bespoke catalyst screening units for industrial and academic customers, from tailored analytical units through to complete pilot plants.

Micromeritics provides world-leading technology for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials

Surface Area

Surface area by gas adsorption including BET surface area

Porosity

Pore size, volume, and distribution by gas adsorption and mercury porosimetry

Density

Absolute density of solids, powders, and slurries by gas pycnometry. Automated envelope density of irregular solids and compressed bulk density (T.A.P).

Powder Flow

Shear and dynamic measurements of powder rheology and particle interactions

Activity

Catalyst activity including chemisorption, temperature-programmed reactions, and lab-scale reactor systems

Accelerate Catalyst Discovery and Production with Advanced Characterization Technology

As the world’s leading supplier of high-performance characterization technology for powders and porous materials, Micromeritics empowers scientists in catalyst development and screening to save time and resources. Our precise and reliable measurements of porosity and surface properties predict performance, demonstrate functionality and accelerate candidate selection while mitigating risk .

Heterogeneous catalysis are employed in over 90% of industrial chemical syntheses and environmental controls. The success of a catalyst depends heavily on it surface morphology and reactivity.

Micromeritics provides analytical solutions for characterization and optimization of catalyst materials from basic morphology to reaction performance validation.

Trusted by leading scientists and innovative companies worldwide, our technology enhances development speed, quality control,, and performance optimization performance for energy efficiency, process yield, and catalyst lifetime.

  • Cited in 90,000 publications
  • Referenced in 30,000 patents

Basic Morphology in 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensions

Higher Order Structure

Model Reaction Characterization

Instrumented Reactors

Pilot Plants

  • Pore size
  • Surface Area
  • Pore Volume
  • Hierarchical pore structure
  • Transport characteristics that will drive speed and longevity of catalyst
  • Characterize number, type, and dispersion of active sites
  • Identify operating parameters under model conditions
  • Performance in complex gas mixtures and process-realistic environments
  • Refine operating parameters under process-like conditions
  • Validate lifetime, regeneration
Demonstration and scale-up

3Flex

BTA

PID Pilot Plants

ASAP 2460, 2426

AutoChem

FR

AutoPore

ASAP 2480

AccuPyc

Gemini

TriStar

Basic Morphology in 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensions
  • Pore size
  • Surface Area
  • Pore Volume

3Flex

ASAP 2460, 2426

AutoPore

Gemini

TriStar

AccuPyc

  • Hierarchical pore structure
  • Transport characteristics that will drive speed and longevity of catalyst

ASAP 2460, 2426

AutoPore

3Flex

  • Characterize number, type, and dispersion of active sites
  • Identify operating parameters under model conditions

3Flex

AutoChem

ASAP 2480

  • Performance in complex gas mixtures and process-realistic environments
  • Refine operating parameters under process-like conditions
  • Validate lifetime, regeneration

BTA

FR

Demonstration and scale-up

PID Pilot Plants

Our Solutions

Instruments

AccuPyc III

  • Screen for raw material composition
  • Understand mass vs volume relationship to drive product and process design
  • Fastest, easiest, most accurate measurement of True Density

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TriStar II Plus

High-throughput analysis of surface area and porosity especially for mesoporous materials

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Gemini

Fastest measurement of surface area and gas adsorption isotherms due to unique differential measurement design

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ASAP 2460 & 2425

On-demand parallel analysis of basic to advanced morphology from micro- to mesoporous materials

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AutoPore V

Surface and pore morphology and structure determination from meso- to macropore size range

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3Flex

  • Most advanced platform for surface morphology and advanced pore structure from ultramicro- to mesoporous materials
  • Versatile system also delivers model reaction characterization by static or dynamic static chemisorption and Temperature-programmed reactions

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AutoChem III

  • Ultimate analysis accuracy, sensitivity, and versatility for model reaction characterization
  • Pulse chemisorption, Temperature programmed reactions to determine active surface area and strength and type of interaction.
  • Ideal for catalysts highly reactive catalysts such as those based on noble metals and zeolites

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Flow Reactor (FR)

Turn-key bench-top flow reactors are quick to deploy, offer complete process control automation and recording, and enable reaction process studies under relevant conditions of composition, flow rates, pressure, and time-on-stream

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Pilot plants

Customized lab-scale pilot plants de-risk scale-up by replicating complete process flows with moderate reactant quantities to validate and optimize new catalysts, processes and conditions.

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FT4 Powder Rheometer

  • Optimize product formulation and process design for pelletizing or other support formation processes
  • Measure fluidization characteristics of finished product for use in fluidized bed reactors to optimize contact with reactant streams and suitability for process equipment

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Services

We provide a comprehensive range of characterization services whether it is the analysis of a single sample, a complex method development or validation, new product assessments, or addressing large-scale manufacturing projects.

Available options

Chemisorption Tests:

  • Volumetric Chemisorption analysis
  • Dynamic or pulse Chemisorption analysis
  • Pulse Chemisorption using liquid vapors
Learn More about Micromeritics’ Particle Testing Authority

Relevant Resources

Application Notes / Webinars

Acid Site Characterization of H+ Mordenite (SiO2/Al2O3:90/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of H+ ß (SiO2/Al2O3:75/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of H+ Y (SiO2/Al2O3:30/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of H+ Y (SiO2/Al2O3:5.2/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of H+ Y (SiO2/Al2O3:80/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of H+ ZSM-5 (SiO2/Al2O3:30/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of NH4+ ZSM-5 (SiO2/ Al2O3:280/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of NH4+ ZSM-5 (SiO2/ Al2O3:50/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of NH4+ ZSM-5 (SiO2/Al2O3:30/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPD Application for the AutoChem

Acid Site Characterization of NH4+ ZSM-5(SiO2/Al2O3:80/1): A Pulse Chemisorption and TPDApplication for the AutoChem

Active Area of Heterogeneous Catalysts: Chemisorption and Temperature Programmed Methods

Advantages of the Use of the Micromeritics FR MicroReactor Series in Catalysis

Ammonia TPD for Heat Sensitive Materials on the Autochem III

An Introduction to Chemical Adsorption Analytical Techniques and Methods (Condensed Version)

Autochem III – Catalyst and Active Surface Characterization

Characterization of Acid Sites Using Temperature-Programmed Desorption

Effect of O2 Traces in the Carrier Gas on Quantifying the Active Species in Catalysts

Evaluating Catalyst Substrates with the GeoPyc® 1360

Frontiers in Catalysis Design for Sustainable Technologies

Intermetallics with Isolated Metal Ensembles Define Active Site Requirements and Dictate Catalytic Selectivity during Semi-hydrogenation

Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Testing of Ni-supported Catalysts For the Sabatier Reaction

Temperature Programmed Reduction Using the AutoChem

Texture of Heterogenous Catalysts Webinar: Surface Area and Porosity

Unraveling Hierarchical Pore Networks Using Differential High-Resolution Mercury Intrusion

Using Temperature Programed Analysis for Acid Site Characterization of Solid Acids

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Chemisorption
Adsorption of molecules onto a surface through chemical interactions.
Gas adsorption
Gas molecules sticking to a surface due to attractive forces.
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Movement and behavior of powdered substances, often influenced by cohesion.
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