ASAP 2020 Plus

SOPHISTICATED DESIGN, INTUITIVE OPERATION, RESEARCH-GRADE RESULTS ASAP® 2020 Plus: Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System The Micromeritics ASAP 2020 Plus isotherm data to materials analysis With more installed instruments integrates a variety of automated laboratories with ever-expanding in more countries for more users, gas sorption techniques into a analytical requirements. the ASAP family of products have single, but powerful, table top The ASAP 2020 Plus provides proven to be the instruments instrument. The system is designed maximum versatility over a of choice worldwide when to provide high-quality surface remarkable range of applications researchers require precise, area, porosity, and chemisorption to meet your specific needs. high-quality gas adsorption data. Design Versatility • T wo independent vacuum systems permit simultaneous preparation of two samples while analyzing another. This maximizes your personnel productivity and your return on time invested • C ontinuous saturation pressure (P0) monitoring and unique Isothermal Jacket Cold Zone Control provide a stable thermal environment for both saturation pressure and adsorption. Spend time on results instead of controlling temperature variations • T he ASAP 2020 Plus is configurable with many optional accessories to meet your specific analytical requirements *Shown with optional cold trap for use with oil-based pumps. Advanced Capabilities through Partnership and Optional Configurations Support Network The ASAP 2020 Plus can be configured to your specific needs with the option • E xpertise in application assistance is only of upgrading at a later date as your analytical requirements change, maximizing the utility a phone call away. Every Micromeritics of this instrument and your investment. instrument is backed by a dedicated, knowledgeable staff of experts Choose from low surface area, to heated vapor, to micropore capability. Add a cryostat, an external detector, or configure the unit for enhanced chemical resistance • R esponsive worldwide service and when working with aggressive vapors. The ASAP 2020 Plus permits one instrument to technical support provides the needed accommodate almost any surface characterization need in your lab. security and peace of mind for you, our customers, ensuring that your sample and product development Unique and Innovative Isothermal pathways continue to progress Jacket Cold Zone Control • R eferenced in an extensive number of peer-reviewed articles in prestigious Isothermal jackets are guaranteed for the life of the instrument and ensure a constant journals, your ASAP 2020 will link you to thermal profile along the full length of both the sample and saturation pressure (P ) tubes. a large and growing community of users0

MicroActive for Physisorption Reports MicroActive for ASAP 2020 Plus • Isotherm ASAP 2020 Plus: • BET Surface Area Interactive Data Chemisorption Reduction Software • Langmuir Surface Area MicroActive provides you with direct Micromeritics’ innovative MicroActive • t-Plot access and manipulation of chemical software allows you to interactively • Alpha-S Method adsorption isotherm data. Unified Analysis evaluate isotherm data. You can • BJH Adsorption and Desorption Conditions for physical and chemical easily include or exclude data, fitting analyses allows you to rapidly develop the desired range of experimentally • Dollimore-Heal Adsorption and Desorption new methods with a common interface. acquired data points using interactive, • Temkin and Freundlich movable calculation bars. The isotherm Reported Data Include:• Horvath-Kawazoe can be viewed real-time on either a • Active Metal Surface Area linear or logarithmic scale, available • MP-Method • DFT Pore Size and Surface Energy • Average Crystallite Sizeto you under each calculation model. • Dubinin-Radushkevich • Irreversible and Reversible Sorption • Dubinin-Astakhov • Monolayer Capacity • User Defined Reports • Active Metal Dispersion Calculations can be easily generated and adjusted. The selection bars allow for a range of data points to be quickly and easily selected. Data Reduction Features • I nteraction with adsorption data is direct. By simply moving the calculation bars, the user is immediately updated with new textual properties. One-click access to important parameters • Interactive data manipulation minimizes the use of dialog boxes and tunneling of dialogs to specify calculation parameters • Improved ability to overlay files (up to 25) including mercury intrusion data with a file add-and-subtract feature and data from competitive instruments • User-selectable data ranges through the graphic interface allow direct modeling for BET, t-Plot, Langmuir, DFT interpretation, and much more. The MicroActive suite provides an extensive selection of NLDFT models for calculating pore size distributions • Report Options editor allows the user to define reports with on-screen previews. Each report has the ability to possess one summary, tabular, and graphical information pane • Powerful Python programming language allows you to develop extensions to the standard report available within the ASAP 2020 Plus MicroActive application

ASAP 2020 PLUS – PHYSISORPTION Research grade results in a customer-configurable instrument to meet a wide variety of applications for mesopore, micropore, and low surface area applications. Programmable two-station degas system for automated SOP sample preparation A dedicated P0 sensor allows for a faster analysis and provides P0 values at the same conditions as the adsorption measurement Six analysis gas inlets with dedicated vapor and helium free-space ports provide greater flexibility and automated selection of pretreatment, backfill, and analysis gases Proven Isothermal Jacket Cold Zone Control provides accurate, reproducible temperature maintenance Long duration and refillable dewar provides virtually unlimited time-of-analysis capability Standard, independent dual vacuum systems (one for analysis, one for sample pretreatment). Standard dry pump design eliminates the need for cold trap Proprietary transducer system provides unequalled stability, fast response, and Specifications low hysteresis for improved accuracy and signal to noise improvement Pressure Measurement: 0 to 950 mmHg Resolution: Up to 1 x 10-7 torr (0.1 mmHg transducer) Coated monolithic, temperature-controlled, stainless-steel manifold provides Accuracy: > 0.15% of reading non-contaminating, inert surface areas Degas System: Ambient to 450 °C, 1 °C increments System Capacity: 1 analysis, 2 degas ports Cryogen System: 3 L, > 72 hr. dewar, Optional Cryostat unlimited time with refilling during analysis A single-stage cryogenic refrigerator that operates on the Stable Cold Zone Temperature Gifford-McMahon refrigeration cycle. It uses Environment: Isothermal helium gas from a helium compressor(s) to jacket for cold space control offer a wide range of analytical temperatures Continuous P0 monitoring with milli Kelvin levels of stability. *Due to continuous improvements, specifications are subject to change without notice.

ASAP 2020 PLUS - CHEMISORPTION The ASAP 2020 Plus Chemisorption option permits you to obtain valuable information about the physical and chemical properties of your catalyst, catalyst support, adsorbents, and other materials. Its unique design provides a high level of system cleanliness to permit low-pressure chemisorption isotherms. Programmable, two-station degas system allows physisorption sample preparation while running a chemisorption analysis Twelve gas inlets allow multiple probe gases to be investigated maximizing efficiency and range of applications Dedicated exhaust port for external detector connections High-temperature 1100 °C furnace rapidly ramps to temperature and provides excellent, stable temperature and control with quick cool downs In situ chemisorption sample preparation and activation provide a fully automated method that does not require user intervention Design permits quick and easy transition from chemisorption to physisorption analysis *Shown with optional cold trap for use with oil-based pumps. Specifications Designed for Expanding Needs Pressure Measurement: 0 to 950 mmHg Resolution: Up to 1 x 10-7 torr HighVac Option Enhanced Chemical (0.1-mmHg transducer) Equipped with a 10-mmHg transducer Resistance Option and a high vacuum pump. This system The stainless-steel manifold is available Accuracy: > 0.15% of reading provides the low-pressure capability with chemically resistant Kalrez® seals Degas System: Ambient to and pressure-measurement resolution to support analyses using aggressive 450 °C, 1 °C increments required for low surface area analyses gases or vapors as the adsorptive. using krypton as the adsorptive. System Capacity: 1 analysis, 2 degas ports Vapor Adsorption Option Micropore Option Includes optional vapor accessories. Sample Temperature: Ambient Includes a 0.1-mmHg transducer and + 10 °C to 1100 °C, › 1 °C increments a high vacuum pump. This system Cold Trap Option delivers accurate porosity data on Control: Ramp up to Cold trap option available for pores between 0.35 and 3 nanometers 20 °C/min to 800 °C your specific application. and provides a comprehensive 10 °C/min to 1000 °C selection of micropore reports. 5 °C/min to 1100 °C * Due to continuous improvements, specifications are subject to change without notice.

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