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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
InventorsBernard M. Abraham, Kenjiro Miyano, John B. Ketterson
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Instrument for measuring the shear modulus of a monomolecular film comprises a circular trough having inwardly sloping sides containing a liquid for supporting the monolayer on the surface thereof; a circular rotor suspended above the trough such that the lower surface of the rotor contacts the surface of the liquid, positioned such that the axis of the rotor is concentric with the axis of the trough and freely rotable about its axis; apparatus for hydrostatically compressing the monolayer in the annular region formed between the rotor and the sides of the trough; and apparatus for rotating the trough about its axis. Preferably, hydrostatic compression of the monolayer is achieved by removing liquid from the bottom of the trough (decreasing the surface area) while raising the trough vertically along its axis to maintain the monolayer at a constant elevation (and maintain rotor contact). In order to measure viscosity, a apparatus for rotating the rotor about its axis is added to the apparatus.
Apparatus for measuring the shear modulus of a monomolecular film (monolayer) comprising:
Apparatus for measuring the viscosity of a monolayer comprising:
A method for measuring the shear modulus of a monomolecular film (monolayer) comprising the steps of:
A method of measuring the viscosity of a monolayer comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.