Moisture Plus Solutions for the Chemical Industry
Incoming Materials Inspections
Whether you're receiving bottles or tankers, the ever changing global supply chain means more uncertainty about the quality and providence of each incoming material. Featuring easy to use instruments that can be operated at the dock or inserted directly into bulk receiving systems, Metrohm Moisture Plus NIR systems give complete confidence that your product will be manufactured to specifications.
NIR methods are recognized by ASTM International for identifying and qualifying starting materials, with guidelines detailed in NIR Standard Practices E1655 and E1790. Metrohm Applications Specialists have the expertise to ensure robust method implementation in accordance with these guidelines.
Laboratory and At-Line Analysis
Chemical analysis is faster and more reproducible with Metrohm bench top NIR analyzers. Operator variability, long waits for the analysis lab, and high consumables costs reduce the usability of traditional chemical analysis methods. Whether the parameter of interest is moisture, hydroxyl number, or total assay, Moisture Plus NIR analysis virtually eliminates these drawbacks.
With durable grating spectrometers that are insensitive to vibration, and no gases, solvents, or other chemicals required for analysis, our bench top analyzers are well-suited to the lab or the production floor.
Measure moisture in: Surface finish materials, additives, lubricants, dyes, paints, solvents, and more
Typical Moisture Plus applications: Acid number, amine value, hydroxyl number, residual solvent content, the solids content in paints, ink composition, surfactant concentration, epoxy resins, and titanium dioxide.
Resources:
Superior Support & Service
- AB-409 Analysis of chemicals using near-infrared spectroscopy
- WP-011EN Sustainable Testing of Paint and Coatings
- AN-NIR-006 Near-infrared analysis of polyols
- AB-411 Analysis of lacquers and paints using near-infrared spectroscopy
- AN-NIR-021 Monitoring the purity of recovered solvents with NIRS
- AN-NIR-033 Cobalt content, solids content, specific weight and viscosity in cobalt octoate
- AN-NIR-030 Determination of amine number and solid content of dipping paint
- AN-NIR-029 Butyl glycol and propylheptyl alcohol in water-borne paint
- AN-NIR-026 Dye, diethylene glycol, water and surfactant content in ink
Online Analysis Technology
Online Moisture Plus NIR spectroscopy transports the capabilities of primary laboratory analysis methods and to the production line. Rather than transporting samples to the lab, risking contamination, and waiting hours for results you can know and adapt in real time. Whether it is titration, chromatography, or a physical property measurement, it can be linked to NIR and monitored in real time without needing chemicals or sample preparation. With Moisture Plus Process NIR, the control envelope shrinks resulting in increased consistency, increased capacity, and decreased batch costs.
Our durable process probes enable challenging applications beyond Moisture measurements to include reaction monitoring in caustic or corrosive environments, ethylene production, solvent recycling, polyol production, and more.
Resources:
- AN-NIR-010 Process monitoring in a butyl acetate production stream using near-infrared spectroscopy
- AN-NIR-007 Near-infrared analysis of polyols: process monitoring in rough environments
