Contact

Ball Probe

• All-purpose probe for light industry and laboratory applications

• 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) diameter immersion probe





The simplicity of use allows non-specialists to collect high-quality data Contact Ball Probe

The Contact Ball Probe uses MarqMetrix pa - The Contact Probe is manufactured from tented TouchRamanTM Bal ProbeTM technology, 316L Stainless Steel, providing a wide range designed to withstand moderate chemical of chemical compatibility in intermittent ex-environments in laboratory and industrial posures. Contact Ball Probe optics are a high-settings. The Contact Ball Probe utilizes our precision UV-grade sapphire ball lens and an largest spherical sapphire ball lens interface, internal focusing lens. The internal focusing enabling highly sensitive measurements. Pa- lens improves performance and acts as addi-ten ted optics, exclusively sourced high-grade tional protection against upstream chemi-optical sapphire, and precision manufactur- cal ingress. The spherical optic is affixed to ing al ow for greatly reduced sampling varia- the probe body using an epoxy designed for tion and remarkable ease of use in a simple chemical resistance and high temperatures.

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The Contact Ball Probe offers high optical The short focal length of the spherical optics performance with economical y friendly ma-al ows for direct contact analysis. Users sim- terials. The utility of the Contact Ball Probe ply touch the probe to the sample for highly is optimized when paired with our patented reproducible sampling of liquids, solids, slur- Orbital Raster ScanTM – a complete sampling ries, powders and heterogeneous mixtures. so lution for accurate and repeatable Raman The simplicity of use al ows non-specialists measurements.

to col ect high quality Raman data and eliminates user to user variation.



Wetted Materials

Probe Body

0.5 in. (12.7 mm) diameter

316L Stainless Steel

Immersion Optics

8.00 mm diameter

UV-grade sapphire ball

Sealing Materials

High-temperature epoxy

Specifications

Probe Length

6 in. (152 mm)

Probe OD (Outside Diameter) 0.500 in. (12.7 mm)

Sample Working Distance

400 microns

Continuous Operating Temperature Range

-55 °C to 150 °C

Pressure Design Condition 6,000 psi (413 bar)

Optical Properties

• Made with high purity UV-grade sapphire ball lens aligned along the C-axis, eliminating response variability due to birefringence

Operating Conditions

• Suitable for intermittent exposure to dilute and concentrated acids (hot & cold),bases and most organic solvents including ethanol, THF, ethyl acetate, acetone, DCM, toluene, pentane and acetonitrile

• Avoid exposure to aqua regia, mixed acid, TFAA witzerland

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