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Food Bioplymers

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§  GPC HPLC (Waters 2695) with Refractive Index Detector (Waters 2414) and Photodiode Array Detector (Waters 2998)

§  Triple-angle Laser Light Scattering Detector (MiniDAWN Tristar, Wyatt Tech)

§  Zeta Potential Analyzer with BI-MAS Particle Size Analyzer (ZetaPALS, Brookhaven Instruments - size range for Zeta Potential Analyzer: 10 nm to 30 um, depending on the particle density; size range for Particle Size Analyzer: 2 nm to 3 um)

§  Isothermal Titration Microcalorimeter (3101 TAM III, TA Instruments)

§  FTIR ATR and KBr (Nexus 670, Thermo Nicolet)

§  Drop Shape Analysis System (Easy Drop, Kruss)

§  UV-VIS Scanning Spectrophotometer (UV-2101 PC, Shimadzu)

§  Absorbance Microplate Reader ELx808, filters: 405, 450, 490, 539, 630 nm (Biotek Instruments)

§  Polarized Microscope (Olympus-BX51) with DP70 Digital Camera System (Olympus) and hot plate

§  Stereo Microscope, Motic SMZ168TN

§  Spin Coater (P-6708D, Special Coating Systems)

§  Rotary Evaporator (R-200, Buchi)

§  Reacti-Therm III Heating/stirring Module (Pierce Biotechnology)

§  Homogenizer (PCU 11, Polytron)

§  Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide Headspace Analyzer (Model 6600, Illinois Instruments)

§  Dissolved Oxygen Meter (Orion Star, Thermo Fisher Sci)

§  Pocket Digital Refractometer (300051, Sper Scientific)

§  Microcaliper (Mitutoyo)

§  Minolta Spectrophotometer (CM-508d, Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc)

§  Texture Analyzer (TA.XTplus, Texture Technologies)

§  Viscometer (DV-I Prime, Brookfield)

§  Karl Fischer Moisture Analyzer (795 KFT Titrino, Metrohm)

§  Water Activity Meter (AquaLab, Decagon Devices)

§  Water Bath

§  Isotemp Oven (Fisher Scientific)

§  Environmental Chambers (IG-420U, Yamato Scientific America)

§  Thomas-Wiley Intermediate Mill (3383-L10, sieves size range of 10, 20, 30 and 60, Thomas Scientific)

§  Freeze Drier

§  Ultrasonic Bath (1510R-MT, Branson)

§  High Ultrasound (HIUS) Processors:

·  Ultrasonic Processor for small volume application (VCX 134PB, 130Watts, processing capability: 250 ul to 10 ml, Vibral-Cell, Sonics & Materials Inc) with standard probe of 3 mm-diameter tip and Syringe Pump (Model 11, Harvard Apparatus)

·  Ultrasonic Processor with the Vial Tweeter VS24d10.4 (UIS250V, Hielscher Ultrasonics GmbH)

·  Ultrasonic Processor with standard probe of 13 mm-diameter tip (VCX 750, 750Watts, processing capability: 10 ml to 250 ml, Vibral-Cell, Sonics & Materials Inc)

·  Ultrasonic Liquid Processor (S3000 Sonicator, Misonix Inc)

 

 
      

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Questions and comments, please contact: lanaz@utk.edu