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Laboratory Scale Freeze-Dryer

Type:

FTS Lyostar II^™ with SMART Freeze-Dryer^™ Technology (latest software revision).

Number of Shelves:

3

Condenser:

< -85°C, 30 L total capacity

Process Monitoring:

• MKS Baratron (chamber)
• Pirani (chamber)
• 16x Thermocouple (chamber, OMEGA)
• Moisture sensor (chamber)
• MTM technology
• MKS Baratron (condenser)

Additional:

• water-cooled system
• sample thief
• automatic stoppering

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Benchtop Freeze-Dryer

Type:

VirTis AdVantage Plus

Number of Shelves:

2

Condenser:

-70°C, 6 L total capacity

Process Monitoring:

• 4x Thermocouple (chamber, OMEGA)
• SMARTe sensor
• optional: TEMPRIS wireless thermocouples (up to 8)

Additional:

• air-cooled system
• automatic stoppering

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Freeze-Dry Microscopy (FDM)

Microscope:

AxioImager A1, ZEISS

Stage and Equipment:

• Linkam FDCS 196 stage
• VC94 Motorized Vacuum Control
• Pirani gauge
• Firewire camera (1.3 MB)
• Linksys 32 software (Linkam)

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Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry (MDSC)

Hardware:

TA Instruments, Q2000

Features:

• DSC and Modulated DSC (MDSC)
• T_zero technology for improved baseline and sensitivity
• 50 position autosampler
• integrated mass flow controller for precise purge gas flow rates
• Platinum™ software for automated calibration and verification runs

Wide-Angle-X-Ray Powder Diffraction (WAXD)

Hardware:

Phillips model Xpert MPD

Software:

Phillips

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Amray 1810 T Scanning Electron Microscope

Karl-Fischer Moisture Analyser

Mitsubishi Moisture Meter

(model CA-06 Coulometric) and a Mitsubishi Water Vaporizer (model VA-06)