Tensile Testing System TST350

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• Specifications

Features and Benefits

Test the tensile properties of your sample relative to temperature and capture high resolution images of the structural changes.

The TST350 is built with two precision ground stainless steel lead screws to maintain perfect uniform vertical and horizontal alignment. Sample jaws move in opposite directions to maintain sample in both reflected or transmitted microscope fields of view. This also means other transmitted techniques such as x-ray, needed for internal observation of sample structure can be used.

As is expected of Linkam equipment, temperature control and accuracy is second to none, with a range from -196 to 350°C with 0.1°C control and up to 30°C/ min rates, there is virtually no temperature feedback to the measurement of force. The sample chamber is gas sealed and can be controlled with various gases via the gas valves built onto sides of the stage.

Click Here to see example of adhesive tape being pulled apart in the TST350

Click Here to see propagation of a crack in thin film (as seen in Dr. Lele application note on Essential Work Of Fracture Testing

Download Dr. Ashish Lele's application note on the Essential Work of Fracture using the TST350 stage

Contact Dr. Lele at National Chemical Laboratory India

The new T95-Linksys temperature controller uses the Linksys32 software to quickly program a temperature profile.  Digital video capture facilitates time lapse image capture and creation of movies including sample data such as temperature, time, description and microscope used.

• Simple mounting plate for optical microscope
• Sample easily loaded into jaws
• Sample Width 0.001 to 22mm
• Sample Thickness 0.001 to 2mm
• Minimum Sample length 26mm
• Tensile speed range 1-1000um/s
• Tensile Force range 0.01N to 20N or 0.1 to 200N
• Force resolution 0.001N or 0.01N dependent on transducer
• Maximum Travel 80mm
• Positional Resolution 10um
• Objective working distance 7.5mm
• Condenser working distance 12.5mm
• Temperature range -196 to 350°C
• Temperature control rates 0.01 to30°C/min
• Temperature stability +/-0.2°C
• Designed for use with the Linksys 32 AV and DV video capture system
• Data can be saved to spreadsheet

IF USING LIGHT MICROSCOPE, GO TO STAGE CLAMPS TO CHECK YOUR MICROSCOPE IS COMPATIBLE

IF USING TRANSMITTED LIGHT GO TO OPTICAL ACCESSORIES FOR CONDENSER LENS INFO