GASERA PA 301

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What’s Included

  • Photoacoustic detector with focusing mirror

  • Optical cantilever microphone with built-in laser readout interferometer

  • Removable sample cups for solid, semi-solid, and liquid samples

  • Carbon black reference

  • Vibration isolated detector mounting

  • Digital Signal Processing -module

  • Power supply (+12 VDC)

  • Cables to connect the modules and to connect to the FTIR instrument

  • Gas connector for purge gas with automatic valve contol and built in flow meter

  • Detector manual

  • Storage case

Wilbur Technical Services is proud to offer the Gasera PA 301 Ultra-High Performance photoacoustic detector for solid, semi-solid, and liquid samples. The PA 301 greatly improves laboratory productivity and safety by enabling extremely versatile and rapid analysis of solid, semi-solid, and liquid samples in any form without sample preparation.

The insensitivity to sample surface morphology, the depth profiling capabilities, and contactless measurement provide wide applicability in many areas of chemical and biological research which no other single accessory can match.

Due to the ultra-high sensitivity of the Gasera novel cantilever sensor, high quality spectra can be obtained in just seconds unlike in other available photoacoustic accessories. In fact the PA301 is over 100x faster that other competing PA solutions in the market. Furthermore, ambient air can be used as the carrier gas to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that is still significantly better compared to other commercial photoacoustic detectors used with helium carrier gas.

Applications

  • Dark samples (eg. bitumen, rubber, etc.)

  • Pharma quality control

  • Soil samples

  • Paper and wood analysis

  • Oil analysis

  • Tissue samples

  • Food analysis

  • Forensics

  • Cosmetics

  • Art Conservation

  • Polymers

  • Paint and pigment analysis

  • Gemstones

Product Benefits

  • Minimum detectable pressure variation in the PA301 sample cell: 2 μPa/√Hz  (RMS)

    1. Microphone sensitivity: Approx. 10 V/Pa

    2. Rapid sample change without breaking the purge seal

    3. Analog interface: BNC cable to detector input on the FTIR

    4. Analog output: +/- 3.3 VDC interferogram signal

    5. DSP analog output gain range: 0.02 – 20 in 10 step

    6. Spectral range defined by window material (from UV to far-IR)

    7. Maximum sample size: 10 mm diameter, 9 mm height

    8. Helium purge with automatic purge valve operation