Profile Analysis Tensiometers
Advanced instruments for surface and interfacial characterization.
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Before Instrument Selection
Pre-test your samplebefore choosing an instrument.
Evaluate whether your sample and measurement task can be addressed with the intended measurement approach before making an instrument decision.
Sample Pre-Test
Reduce uncertainty before selecting an instrument.
A sample pre-test allows a prospective user to evaluate a concrete measurement task before deciding on a SINTERFACE instrument.
The purpose is not simply to compare specifications, but to examine the actual sample, intended measurement method and experimental question.
How it works
From measurement questionto evaluation.
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Describe your measurement
Tell us about the sample, interface and intended measurement task.
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Provide sample information
Share the relevant sample properties and available supporting information.
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Test measurement
The sample can be evaluated using an appropriate SINTERFACE measurement approach.
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Discuss the result
The result provides a basis for discussing the measurement approach and suitable next step.
Measurement Evaluation
What a sample pre-test can help clarify.
Sample suitability
Whether the sample can be investigated with the intended measurement approach.
Measurement method
Which measurement approach is relevant to the specific experimental question.
Instrument selection
Which SINTERFACE instrument platform may be appropriate for the intended task.
Experimental conditions
Which sample and measurement conditions need to be considered for the experiment.
Application Laboratory
Sample evaluation within the SINTERFACE Application Laboratory.
Sample pre-testing is part of SINTERFACE's application-related measurement support and uses available SINTERFACE measurement technologies.
Application LaboratoryPre-Test Request
Tell us about your sample and measurement task.
Provide the information currently available. SINTERFACE can then review the measurement question and determine the appropriate next step.
Not sure which instrument or measurement method is relevant? You can leave the instrument field open.
Scientific Consultation
Not sure whether a pre-test is the right starting point?
Discuss the sample, measurement method or experimental question with SINTERFACE first.