Patents Assigned to Doukhin Dispersion Technology, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6109098
    Abstract: A device is described which combines Acoustic and Electroacoustic spectrometers to characterize both particle size distribution and zeta potential for concentrated dispersed systems.The Acoustic Spectrometer measures both attenuation and sound speed for multiple frequencies using each measurement to help optimize and correct the other. The attenuation spectra is used to calculate particle size.The Electroacoustic Spectrometer measures Colloid Vibration Current (CVI), correcting the measured value using attenuation and sound speed data from the Acoustic Spectrometer. The Colloid Vibration Current is used to calculate zeta potential taking into account the particle size calculated from the acoustic measurement as well as particle interaction.Sound speed and multiple frequency CVI measurement provide additional experimental data to check the validity of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Doukhin Dispersion Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei Dukhin, Philip Goetz