Micro Compression Cell
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Enhance your FTIR transmission or infrared microscopy with our easy-to-use Micro Compression Cell, intended for soft solid or semi-liquid samples. Compress and flatten your sample between two IR transparent windows to optimise signals through a large clear aperture. Its unique front cap allows your sample to be squeezed without rotating the windows, minimising disturbance to your sample.
- Uniform pressure applied across the sample enables greater reproducibility of results.
- Non-rotating windows keep the disturbance of your sample to a minimum.
- 7.0 mm clear aperture allows for a good signal when placed in a FTIR spectrometer; also allows for more than one sample to be loaded at one time when used with an infrared microscope.
- Choice of window materials ranging from NaCl, KBr, CaF2, BaF2 or ZnSe ensures we meet your chemical compatibility and spectral range requirements.
- Standard 3” by 2” slide mount provides compatibility with all commercially available spectrometers.
Specifications
The micro compression cell is a simple device to allow for the squeezing of a soft solid or semi-liquid sample between two circular windows prior to analysis via transmission spectroscopy. The windows of choice from NaCl, KBr, CaF2, BaF2 or ZnSe options are held within a holder that in turn mounts into the sampling compartment of any spectrometer via a standard 3” x 2” slide mount fixing. After positioning of the windows and the sample within the holder, the windows are compressed together by tightening of a front cap. The design of this front cap allows for its rotation but the windows do not rotate in relation to each other. Hence there is minimal possibility of the sample placed between the windows being disturbed from this rotational movement when tightening the cap. The clear aperture of 7.0 mm allows for a good signal when placed at the sampling focus of an FTIR spectrophotometer using a standard DTGS detector. The overall performance of the cell is subject to the window materials that can be used within this cell. The micro compression cell can also be used with Infrared Microscopes, where the large aperture allows for more than one sample to be loaded at one time.
