prof. Ing. Petra Šulcová, Ph.D.
Phone 466 037 185, Fax: 466 037 068
e-mail: petra.sulcova@upce.cz
Offered services:
- measuring particle size distribution of powders on the unit Mastersizer 2000 MU (Malvern Instruments Ltd., Great Britain)
- objective colour measurement on the unit ColorQuest XE (HunterLab, USA) in the interval 400 - 700 nm at 10 nm, description of colour in XYZ colour space, L*a*b* and LCH (including colour differences)
- measurement of specific surface area and pore distribution of powder materials with the BET method on the unit Nova 1200e (Quantachrome Instruments, USA)
- determination of pigment-application properties of powder materials
- determination of density with picnometric method (ČSN EN ISO 787-10)
- determination of bulk and tapped density (ČSN EN ISO 787-11)
- determination of oil consumption (ČSN EN ISO 787-5)
- determination of volatile substances content at 105 °C (ČSN EN ISO 787-2)
- determine the pH of aqueous suspension (ČSN EN ISO 787-9)
- determination of resistivity of aqueous extract (ČSN EN ISO 787-14)
- determination of water-soluble substances (ČSN EN ISO 787-8)]
Requirements for the customer:
- provision of basic information about chemical composition and solubility of the test sample
- minimum amount of the sample for the particle size distribution measurement and colour measurement is 5g, for determination of all pigment-application properties it is necessary to provide sample of 500g (unused sample will be returned to the customer)
- agreement on the method performed during non-standardized tests
- minimum amount of sample for the measurement of specific surface area is 5 g
