Description
Sign your results with confidence: The Abbemat Essential line is a budget-friendly benchtop refractometer providing best-build quality, precision, and temperature control. Measure your sample with just one click, print out and sign the results, and directly insert into your laboratory book – it’s that simple and leaves no room for transcription errors. All three automatic benchtop refractometers are suitable for liquids, viscous or solid substances, and turbid solutions. No training is needed; efficient use by all staff members is possible.
Key features
Proven Peltier temperature control for all of our benchtop refractometers
Precise temperature measurement and control are prerequisites for accurate refractive index measurements. The patented T-Check system that is used for each device before it is delivered ensures surface temperature measurement and control accuracy of your automatic benchtop refractometer of up to ±0.03 °C.
- Traceable temperature check and adjustment
- Most precise prism-surface temperature measurement
- Prevention of temperature-induced errors
Fast concentration measurements
Speeding up of concentration measurements of binary solutions due to a simplified user interface and predefined methods.
- Refractive index and Brix measurements
- Eight additional methods (exchangeable)
- Short cycle times down to 10 seconds to measure and document results
- Low sample volume of 70 µL
Scratch-proof sapphire prism for long-term precise results
The sapphire prism each benchtop refractometer is equipped with guarantees the most precise results throughout the entire instrument lifetime.
- Resists cleaning with spatula or other lab tools
- Mohs hardness of 9, close to diamond-grade
- Backed by a 25-year warranty on the prism
Easy printing and documentation of results
The Abbemat Essential benchtop refractometers simplify results documentation with their optional label printer, allowing for fast and reliable printouts. This eliminates the need for manual data copying, reducing the risk of transcription errors, and ensuring that all recorded measurements are accurate and traceable.
Ready-to-use right out of the box
Our automatic benchtop refractometers are designed for immediate use with a no-frills user interface that requires no setup. The Abbemat Essential’s intuitive operation ensures that even first-time users can perform measurements effortlessly without the need for training. This minimizes errors and maximizes efficiency in any laboratory environment.
Specifications
| Abbemat 3001 | Abbemat 3101 | Abbemat 3201 | |
| Measuring specifications | |||
| Refractive index | |||
| Range | 1.33 nD to 1.55 nD | 1.30 nD to 1.66 nD | 1.26 nD to 1.72 nD |
| Max. resolution | 0.0001 nD | 0.00001 nD | 0.000001 nD |
| Accuracy1) | ±0.0001 nD | ±0.00004 nD | ±0.00002 nD |
| Repeatability | ±0.0001 nD | ±0.0000015 nD | ±0.0000015 nD |
| Brix | |||
| Range | 0 °Brix to 100 °Brix | 0 °Brix to 100 °Brix | 0 °Brix to 100 °Brix |
| Display resolution | 0.01 °Brix | 0.001 °Brix | 0.001 °Brix |
| Accuracy | ±0.05 °Brix | ±0.03 °Brix | ±0.015 °Brix |
| Temperature | |||
| Temperature range | 20 °C to 40 °C | 10 °C to 70 °C | 42) °C to 105 °C |
| Temperature probe accuracy1) | ±0.05 °C | ±0.03 °C | ±0.03 °C |
| Temperature probe stability | ±0.002 °C | ±0.002 °C | ±0.002 °C |
| Display | 7″ Hybrid touch | ||
| Communication interfaces | USB (printer) | ||
| Data storage | Label printer | ||
| General | |||
| Min. sample volume | 70 uL | ||
| Max. allowed pressure in micro flow cell | 10 bar | ||
| Ambient temperature | 5 °C to 40 °C | ||
| Materials in contact with the sample | |||
| Prism | Synthetic sapphire | ||
| Sample well | Stainless steel, optionally Ni-alloy | ||
| Seal | FFKM (perfluoroelastomer) | ||
| Compounds | |||
| Light source | LED light source, average lifetime > 100,000 hours | ||
| Wavelength | 589.3 nm (by wavelength-adjusted interference filter) | ||
| Power requirements | 100 VAC to 240 VAC +10 %/-15 %, 50/60 Hz, min. 10 W, max. 100 W, depending on sample temperature setting and ambient temperature |
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| Dimensions | |||
| W x H x D | 225 mm x 115 mm x 330 mm | ||
| Weight | 3.5 kg | ||
1) Valid at standard conditions (T=20 °C, ambient temperature 20 °C to 25 °C
2) At max. ambient temperature of 35 °C
