The Solartron Analytical 1280Z Electrochemical Test System offers a high accuracy, wide bandwidth potentiostat / galvanostat and a Frequency Response Analyzer (FRA) in a single compact unit.
Measurement Integrity:
Central to the measurement capability of 1280Z are two high resolution digital voltmeters which provide simultaneous voltage and current measurements. Using Solartron’s patented pulse width conversion technique, they have high accuracy, stability and linearity throughout the entire range of the instrument.
The 1280Z has excellent measurement resolution and accuracy down to 1 μV for the reference electrodes and 1 pA for the working electrode, which makes it an ideal choice for measurements where signal levels are extremely low.
The 1280Z uses floating measurements on all connections: it is equally at home measuring corrosion rates on grounded oil pipelines as it is in the laboratory. For safety reasons, it is often necessary to ground laboratory equipment such as autoclaves, a major problem if your instrumentation is not capable of floating measurements.
The 1280Z offers complete flexibility for cell connection: 2-, 3- or 4- terminal measurements can be made with equal ease.
2-terminal techniques for general materials / electrochemical testing
3-terminal techniques for corrosion / coating applications
4-terminal techniques for accurate characterization of batteries and fuel cells, enabling lead resistance and impedance effects to be minimized
Applications:
Corrosion and inhibitor studies
Sensor research
Battery / fuel cell development
Electrosynthesis / electrodisposition
Civil engineering, concrete / metals
Dielectric materials, LCDs / ceramics / polymers
Bioanalytical research, plants / soils
Electrochemistry Software:
CorrWare and ZPlot packages are specifically designed to run a wide range of electrochemical tests including:
Impedance
Step / pulse techniques
Cyclic voltammetry
CorrWare and ZPlot are an ideal tool for corrosion analysis, battery / fuel cell research, and general electrochemistry. The software provides, real-time analysis, multiple display formats and curve fitting routines.
Measurement Configuration:
Cell connectors: 2-, 3- or 4-terminal, all floating
Working electrode:
Current measurement resistor (Rs) range: 0.1 Ω to 1 MΩ
Full scale current ranges: 2 A to 200 nA, maximum resolution 1 pA
Limit of error: 0.1% ± 0.05% of range
Counter electrode:
Output voltage, wrt LO: >±20 V
Current, subject to thermal protection limits: 2 A
Slew rate, potentiostatic control: 10 V/µs
Reference Electrodes:
Input impedance: 10 GΩ
Input capacitance: 50 pF
Max. resolution:1 µV
Limit of error: 0.1% ±100 µV
DC Polarization:
Voltage Range: ±14.5 V
Limits of error: V < 3.2 V: 0.2% ±200 µV; V > 3.2 V: 0.2% ±1.6 mV
Max resolution: 100 µV
Current range: ±2 A
Limit of error: 0.2% ±0.1% of range
Max resolution: 100 pA
DC Sweep: (continuous and stepped ramp)
Type: Analog ramp ramp rate (voltage): 10 µV/s to 100 V/s
Segment duration: 10 ms to 105 s
Stepped ramp step height: 5 µV/5 pA to 29 V/4 A
Step duration: 10 ms to 105 s
AC Polarization:
Waveform: Sine
Frequency:
range: 1 mHz to 20 kHz
Amplitude ranges:
0 to 10 V peak: 10 mV resolution
0 to 100 mV peak: 100 µV resolution
Distortion: 1%
Integration time: 0.1 to 105 s
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