Sartorius Microbalance

Make: Sartorius
Model: Microbalance
Facility Status: Working 

Category: Analytical Balance
Available Equipment/Mode of Use: High-precision weighing with protective enclosure for sample stability.
Facility Management Team and Location: CGC TEC, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–National Physical Laboratory (CSIR–NPL)
Department: Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology
Lab Email ID: tuhin@nplindia.org, tuhinkumarmandal@gmail.com
Facility Location: Centre for Global Change, QSL Building, TEC
Lab Phone No: 01145609437
Facility Features, Working Principle, and Specifications:

Features:

• High-precision mass measurement with ±10 µg resolution.

• Digital display with tare function for zeroing.

• Protective enclosure to shield from air currents and dust.
  Working Principle:
  Utilizes electromagnetic force compensation to measure mass, providing accurate readings for small samples like quartz fiber filters used in TSP analysis.
  Body Specification:

• Resolution: ±10 µg.

• Capacity: Suitable for samples up to several grams.

• Equipped with keypad for setup and calibration adjustments.
  Applications:

• Pre- and post-weighing of filters in TSP sampling.

• Precise weighing of road dust samples for elemental analysis.

• General laboratory mass measurements requiring high accuracy.