mi·cro·bal·ance

(mī′krō-băl′əns)

A balance designed to weigh very small loads, up to 0.1 gram.

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microbalance

(ˈmaɪkrəʊˌbæləns)

a precision balance designed to weigh quantities between 10^–6 and 10^–9 kilogram

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mi•cro•bal•ance

(ˈmaɪ krəˌbæl əns)

n.

a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.

[1900–05]

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The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been widely employed as a label-free acoustic sensor to monitor mass changes due to adsorption on a surface [1-4].

Effect of a non-Newtonian load on signature [S.sub.2] for quartz crystal microbalance measurements

In another innovative approach, artificially prepared vesicles known as liposomes were assembled on a quartz crystal microbalance via layer-by-layer growth using the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin as a binding reagent.

Organ Engineering: Possibilities and Challenges Ahead

For monitoring particulates, Mounsor says there are a couple of alternatives: a tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM) and a beta attenuation monitoring device.

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The sample is then monitored in a super-accurate measuring device known as a microbalance, to determine the precise rate at which the ceramic will combine with water over time.

Fire and water to unlock 'internal clocks' of archaeological objects

The DVS Intrinsic rapidly measures moisture uptake and loss in a sample using a controlled flowing carrier gas at a specified relative humidity (RH) over a sample suspended from the weighing mechanism of our highly sensitive and stable digital microbalance (SMS UltraBalance).

Dynamic vapour sorption (DVS) moisture analyser

The DVS Intrinsic rapidly measures uptake and loss of moisture in the sample by a controlled flowing carrier gas at a specified relative humidity over a sample suspended from the weighing mechanism of SMS's highly sensitive and stable digital microbalance (SMS UltraBalance).

Dynamic vapour sorption (DVS) mositure analyser

Using vapor molecules as probes to investigate both surface and bulk properties, the Advantage combines microbalance, gas flow, and vapor measurement technologies to deliver Rh and organic vapor isotherms.

New Products Showcase

The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) is a very sensitive instrument for measuring mass, capable of measuring nanogram quantities of substances deposited on specially prepared quartz crystals, which are typically disk-shaped.

Market profile: quartz crystal microbalances

Staehle, "Adsorption Studies of Water on Copper, Nickel, and Iron Using the Quartz-Crystal Microbalance Technique: Assessment of BET and F Models of Adsorption," Materials and Corrosion, no.

Humidity and pollution effects on Pb-free assemblies: a study of how metallization and operating voltage influence electrochemical migration

Piezoelectric quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) immunosensors, because of the inherent specificity of antigen-antibody combinations and high sensitivities of physical transducers, have promising applications to clinical chemistry (15-17).

Rapid and simultaneous quantification of 4 urinary proteins by piezoelectric quartz crystal microbalance immunosensor array

This technique takes advantage of gold-coated AT-cut quartz crystal microbalance incorporated into a flow system.

Monitoring drinking water for protection against terrorist cyanide contamination