Discovery DHR
Discovery DHR-2 Rheometer
Rheology is the study of flow and deformation of materials. Deformation and flow are referred to as strain or strain rate, respectively, and indicate the distance over which a body moves under the influence of an external force, or stress. For this reason, rheology is also considered to be the study of stress-strain relationships in materials.
A rheometer is a precision instrument that contains the material of interest in a geometric configuration, controls the environment around it, and applies and measures wide ranges of stress, strain, and strain rate.
In our group we use the rheometer mainly to follow the formation of hydrogels upon chemical, thermal and light induced cross-linking.
But also a range of other rheological experiments can be performed like stability of creams, vicosity of solutions.