AutoChem II 2920
Description
Automated Catalyst Characterization System - A catalyst characterization laboratory enclosed in one cabinet.
The AutoChem II 2920 is a fully automated chemisorption analyzer that can provide your laboratory with the ability to conduct a comprehensive array of highly precise studies of chemical adsorption and temperature-programmed reactions. With this single instrument, you can acquire valuable information about the physical properties of your catalyst, catalyst support, or other materials. It can determine catalytic properties such as percent of metal dispersion, active metal surface area, acid strength, surface acidity, distribution and strength of active sites, BET surface area, and more. The AutoChem II 2920 performs pulse chemisorption, temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), desorption (TPD), oxidation (TPO), and reaction analyses and does it automatically.
Features
- Powerful Windows operating and data reduction software
- Three gas ports (prep, carrier, and analysis) contain four inlets providing the capability to perform four-gas sequential experiments
- Four high-precision, independently calibrated mass flow controllers provide extremely accurate, programmable gas control
- With the CryoCooler option, analysis temperatures can be ramped over the range of -70 °C to 1100 °C
- Graphic reports for BET surface area, pulse chemisorption, heat of adsorption, and more. In addition, it has an integrated Grams/32® peak editor package which provides peak selection and editing, integration, data smoothing, rescaling, and overlay capability.
Analysis Technique
The AutoChem II 2920 utilizes the dynamic (flowing gas) technique to perform chemical adsorption analyses of active sites on the surface of the sample material. The analysis methods include temperature-programmed reactions (desorption, reduction, and oxidation) and pulse chemisorption. The instrument also may be used to perform single-point BET surface area analyses by physical adsorption. The flowing gas technique is used in two different modes. In one, an active gas (pure or mixed with a carrier) is flowed through the sample bed to pretreat quickly the sample for subsequent analyses. Another mode utilizes the titration technique in which small, reproducible volumes of a reactive gas such as hydrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, or ammonia are injected into an inert carrier gas stream that passes through the sample bed. Vapors such as pyridine or isopropyl amine can be introduced into the carrier stream by the vapor generator, which allows for the precise volume dosing of a vapor as an analysis gas. In either mode, matched thermal conductivity detectors compare the sample stream to a reference stream of pure carrier gas to quantify changes in gas composition resulting from reactions in the sample cell.
The AutoChem II 2920 is a high-resolution (up to 10 data points per second), fully automated instrument that can be programmed to perform a user-defined sequence of pretreatment and analytical tasks. Temperature can be controlled from subambient (-70 °C) to 1100 °C with programmable heating ramps and plateaus. Independently heated compartments maintain valves and gas lines at controlled temperatures so vapors can flow through the system without condensation. Special external ports also allow products from the reaction chamber to be directed to a mass spectrometer or other external detector.
Analyses performed by the AutoChem II 2920 are TPD, TPR, TPO, Pulse Chemisorption, and BET Surface Area.
Specification
| Electrical: |
Voltage: 85 to 265 VAC
Frequency: 50/60 Hz
Power: 1100 VA, operating, max. |
| Control Module: |
Minimum Requirements
Processor: Pentium 333 MHz or equivalent
Operating System: Windows 2000 or XP Professional
Memory: 128 megabyte of random-access memory RAM
Hard Disk Space: 1-gigabyte hard drive
Graphics Card: 800 x 600 super VGA
One CD ROM drive |
| Options: |
Vapor Generator
CryoCooler |
| Temperature system: |
Range: -70 to 1100 °C with Cryo-Cooler option
Ambient to 1100°C (without CryoCooler)
Selection: Digitally set, 1 °C increments
Ramp Rates:
Up to 50°C per minute from 120 to 500 °C range
Up to 30 °C per minute from 500 to 750 °C range
Up to 10°C per minute from 750 to 1100 °C range
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| Gases: |
Loop (Analysis): H2, CO, O2, N2O, NH3 vapors such as pyridine, water, etc.
Carrier: He, Ar, and other gases
Preparation: H2, O2, He, Ar, and others |
| Gas Flow Rate: |
All Mass Flow Controllers (MFCs)
Manual Control: 0 to 100 mL/minute*
Automatic Analysis: 10 to 75 mL/minute
*Rate for Hydrogen; other gases have a different range.
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| Gas Delivery: |
Inlet Ports: (12) 4 each for preparation gas, carrier gas and loop (analysis) gas
Temp. Control: Internal gas lines and valves heated up to 150 °C |
| Sample Tube: |
Type: Fused quartz Flow-Thru sample tubes, for use up to 1100 °C, accepts powders and pellets up to 9 mm in diameter |
| Physical: |
Height: 62 cm (24.5 in.)
Width: 66 cm (26.0 in.)
Depth: 58 cm (22.75 in.)
Weight: 60 Kg (130 lbs.) |
| Environment: |
Temperature: 15°C to 35°C operating
0°C to 50°C nonoperating
Humidity: 20 to 80% relative,non-condensing |
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