Mettler Toledo DM50, DM45, DM40 Data Sheet

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Flexible Solutions

Many Industries – One Concept

Food and Beverage [DM45] [RM50] [Color] [pH] [LabX]

A World of Applications

The sugar content in Brix of soft
drinks, alcohol concentrations of
spirits in volume %, pH values of
fruit juices, Gardner color of sun-

ower oil etc. ...

LiquiPhysics™ Excellence does not
only cover a great many com-

mon quality control checks, it

also paves the way for improved
efciency. Measurements can be

automated and several parameters

determined in a single run.

... Density, Specic Gravity, Brix%, Alcohol
(% w/w, % v/v, Proof, HMCE), °Baume,
°Plato, Refractive Index ...

... AOAC, OIV, ASBC, TTB, ICUMSA, ASTM,

SSDT, ISI, AOAC, OIML, JIS, DIN, CID,

A.O.C.S. Cc7-25 ...

Food Ingredients and Additives [DM40] [RM40] [Color] [pH] [LabX]

Specic gravity and refractive index
are the two key parameters in the
quality control of food additives.
Manufacturers of avors increas-

ingly also systematically determine

pH and color. LiquiPhysics™ Excel-

lence offers all the tools required

to set up fully automatic measur-

ing systems which can cope with

many parameters per sample and
many samples per day with inclu­sive automatic barcode reading

and data export.

... Density, Specic Gravity, CIE L*a*b, pH ...

... EN/ISO 15212, ISO 280 ...

Cosmetics [DM45] [RM40] [Color] [pH]

Density meters, refractometers, pH
meters and colorimeters are es­sential elements of the standard

equipment of most cosmetics labs.

These instruments are used for a

wide range of applications. Density
determinations to comply with the

ll-volume ordinance and com­bined specic gravity refractive

index measurements to ensure that
fragrances are perfectly composed

are only two examples of many

tasks LiquiPhysics™ Excellence can

assume in the cosmetics lab.

... Density, Specic Gravity, %Water in
Glycerol, Alcohol (% w/w, % v/v, Proof),
Zeiss, CIE L*a*b, pH ...

... EN/ISO 15212, Ph. Eur., USP, JP,
ISO 280 ...

Chemical [DM45] [RM40] [Color] [pH/Cond.] [LabX]

Urea concentration in water, quality

control of organic solvents, charac­terization of liquid inter-stage prod­uct and acid concentration determi-

nations: The chemical industry

has a wide range of problems
which are easily solved with

LiquiPhysics™ Excellence.

... Density, Specic Gravity, Refractive
Index, pH, µS/cm, ASTM Color ...

... EN/ISO 15212, ASTM D1747-89,
ASTM D1218-92 ...

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Pharma [DM45] [RM40] [Color] [pH] [LabX]

Specic gravity and refractive in­dex determinations are among the
simplest and fastest methods to

characterize liquid samples. More­over, these two parameters are

becoming more and more popular
for concentration determinations

in binary mixtures. The pH value

trol of pharmaceutical solutions.

LiquiPhysics™ Excellence covers all

these applications. With the LabX™
Laboratory Software it provides the

tools required to ensure all results

are traceable and comply with the

strict regulations governing the

pharmaceutical industry.

... Density, Specic Gravity, %Water in
Glycerol, EP Color, USP Color, pH ...

... EN/ISO 15212, Ph. Eur., USP, JP,
21 CFR part 11, cGLP/GMP ...

and the USP or EP Color are simi­larly decisive in the quality con-

Education & Government [DM45] [RM40]

High precision density meters are

the appropriate tools to detect two

popular tricks to evade taxes: Fuel
adulteration and fake alcohol con-

centration declarations. With the

DeltaRange™ density measuring
cells, LiquiPhysics™ Excellence of­fers the accuracy required for these

applications at best value prices.

Almost every educational lab is
equipped with at least one refrac­tometer although many of them are
still optical Abbé type refractome-

ters. LiquiPhysics™ Excellence pro-

vides state-of-the-art replacements

for such instruments.

... Density, Specic Gravity, Alcohol
(% w/w, % v/v, Proof, HMCE at 15 °C,
20 °C, 60 °F), Refractive Index ...

... ASTM D4052, IP 365/84,
EC 2870/2000, EC 355/2005,
EC 128/2004, EEC 2676/90 ...

Biofuel [DM45] [RM40] [Color] [LabX]

LiquiPhysics™ Excellence covers
several of the core parameters de­termined in the quality control of
biofuel: Density of bioethanol and
biodiesel, ASTM color of biodiesel
and the density and refractive index

of Glycerol. At the same time, it of­fers the possibility of performing
quick and reliable quality control

checks of the liquid raw materials
used in the production of biodiesel.

... Density, Specic Gravity, Refractive
Index, ASTM Color ...

... EN/ISO 12185, ASTM D4052-96,
Eur. Ph. 1979, ASTM D1500 ...

Petrochemistry [DM40] [RM40] [Color]

Most petrochemical products are

liquid at ambient temperature. Den­sity and its industry specic unit
API gravity have always been im­portant parameters for the classi-

cation and characterization of pet­rochemical products even for those

which are highly viscous or solid
at room temperature. LiquiPhysics™

Excellence offers ideal solutions
for a large variety of petrochemical
products thanks to wide measur­ing temperature ranges, very quick

heating up- and cooling down

rates, automatic viscosity correc-

tion, whole temperature range ad­justments and powerful automa­tion units which are also available
as heated versions. Furthermore,

LiquiPhysics™ Excellence allows the
determination of several param-

eters in one run. For instance, mea­suring density at 15 °C, refractive
index at 20 °C and ASTM color of

lubricants is a matter of one single

click.

... Density, Specic Gravity, API Gravity,

Refractive Index, ASTM Color, Saybolt,

Gardner ...

... DIN 51757, ISO 12185, ASTM D 1250,

ASTM D 4052, ASTM D 5002, ASTM D

5931, ASTM D1500 ...

Units

Norms

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Density Meter
Density Cell

DM40
DX40

DM45 DeltaRange
DX45 DeltaRange

DM50
DX50

Measuring range 0.0000 ... 3.0000 0.00000 ... 3.00000 0.00000 ... 3.00000

Repeatability (S.D. n=10) 0.00005 0.000005 0.000005

Limit of error [g/cm

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] 0.0001

0.00002 (0.7 ... 1 g/cm3, 15 ... 20 °C)

0.00005 (0 ... 3 g/cm3, 0 ... 91 °C)

0.00002 (0 ... 1 g/cm3)

0.00004 (0 ... 3 g/cm3)

Limit of error Brix [% w/w] 0.03 0.02 0.02

Limit of error ethanol [% v/v] 0.1 0.02 0.02

Temperature range [°C] 0 ... 91 0 ... 91 0 ... 91

Limit of error [°C]

0.05 (10 ... 30 °C)

0.10 (0 ... 91 °C)

0.02 (15 ... 20 °C)

0.05 (0 ... 91 °C)

0.02 (10 ... 30 °C)

0.05 (0 ... 91 °C)

Instruments & Cell Modules

Density and Refractive Index

Compact Size with Great Specs

DM

The models differ only in their
measuring accuracy. All the
density meters offer the same
features of:

• Temperature control
Extremely fast heating up- and

cooling down rates:
10 ➝ 60 °C: 12 min.
60 ➝ 10 °C: 12 min.

• Measurements

Reliable results even prior

to thermal equilibrium being

Density Meters and External Density Cells

DX

reached: A patented algorithm
shortens the time required per

measurement by up to 75%.

• Error detection

A built-in algorithm detects non

homogeneous measuring cell

filling.

• Adjustments
With air and water, air and a

liquid density standard or two
liquid density standards. Built-in

reference temperature probe,

no errors due to fluctuations of

the ambient temperature. Only

one adjustment required for the

whole temperature range.

• Viscosity correction

Full range correction of errors

caused by the sample’s viscosity.

Sample contacted materials: PTFE, borosilicate glass
Minimal sample volume: Approx. 1 mL
Typical measuring time: 30 s (5 s after reaching temperature equilibrium)
Dimensions (L x W x H in mm): DM density meters: 272 x 385 x 215, DX density cells: 272 x 238.5 x 215
Weight: DM density meters: 13.52 kg, DX density cells: 12.80 kg
Power supply: AC 100 to 240 V; 50 to 60 Hz; 40 to 100 W