Viscosity is an essential property to characterize fluid behavior under flow.

The Fluidicam from Formulaction offers low viscosity high shear rate viscosity measurement and is designed to measure flow curves of products with various consistency (liquids, gels or semi-solid emulsions) by combining microfluidic and imaging technologies.​

Its main features include:

• - High precision viscosity measurement
• - High shear rates
• - Small sample volume
• - Easy set up
• - Low cost simple chips.


• Contact us at Fullbrook Systems and ask us to test  some samples on:  01442 876 777  or email: sales@fullbrook.com for a free, no obligation quote.

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How does the Fluidicam work?

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The test  sample and a viscosity standard are pushed together through a microfluidic chip at controlled flow rates.

Images of the flow are taken with dedicated camera and the position of the interface is measured.

When the sample viscosity changes, it will occupy a different volume in the chip and so the interface position will vary.

A simple relation connects occupied volume and flow rates to the viscosity

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Key Benefits

• Wide range of shear rates (100 to more than 100000 s-1)
• Wide range of viscosity (0.1 to 200,000 cP)
• Extreme accuracy even at low viscosities (better than 1% accuracy)
  
• Small sample volume (< 500 μL for a measurement point)
• Simple low cost chip design.