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Surface & Interface AnalysisCharacterization & Testing

Determination of surface tension

By Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)

Attension Sigma 701 (Biolin Scientific) high-resolution electro-balance with software for control, acquisition and data processing. It has platinum plates (Wilhelmy method) and a ring (Du Nouy method), as well as magnetic stirring for sample homogenization. A K12 force tensiometer (Krüss) is also available. A “spinning drop” tensiometer is also available for interfacial tension measurements (up to 10-5 mN.m-1).