Horizontal film balance having wide range and high sensitivity
Abstract
A thin-film, horizontal balance instrument is provided for measuring surface tension (surface energy) of thin films suspended on a liquid substrate. The balance includes a support bearing and an optical feedback arrangement for wide-range, high sensitivity measurements. The force on the instrument is balanced by an electromagnet, the current through the magnet providing a measure of the force applied to the instrument. A novel float construction is also disclosed.
- Inventors:
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- Oak Park, IL
- Downers Grove, IL
- Evanston, IL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864765
- Patent Number(s):
- 4413506
- Assignee:
- Abraham, Bernard M. (Oak Park, IL);Miyano, Kenjiro (Downers Grove, IL);Ketterson, John B. (Evanston, IL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- horizontal; film; balance; wide; range; sensitivity; thin-film; instrument; provided; measuring; surface; tension; energy; films; suspended; liquid; substrate; support; bearing; optical; feedback; arrangement; wide-range; measurements; force; balanced; electromagnet; current; magnet; providing; measure; applied; novel; float; construction; disclosed; surface energy; force applied; wide range; surface tension; measuring surface; optical feedback; feedback arrangement; support bearing; liquid substrate; /73/
Citation Formats
Abraham, Bernard M, Miyano, Kenjiro, and Ketterson, John B. Horizontal film balance having wide range and high sensitivity. United States: N. p., 1983.
Web.
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author = {Abraham, Bernard M and Miyano, Kenjiro and Ketterson, John B},
abstractNote = {A thin-film, horizontal balance instrument is provided for measuring surface tension (surface energy) of thin films suspended on a liquid substrate. The balance includes a support bearing and an optical feedback arrangement for wide-range, high sensitivity measurements. The force on the instrument is balanced by an electromagnet, the current through the magnet providing a measure of the force applied to the instrument. A novel float construction is also disclosed.},
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