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IviumBoostThe IviumBoost series of instruments are power boosters that have been designed to increase the potential and/or current of Ivium potentiostat/galvanostat/ZRAs. The booster is connected in front of the P/G in-line with the cell cable. The operation is fully integrated in the IviumSoft. Available in the IviumBoost series: ● ±10V @ ±40A To check if a particular IviumBoost is compatible with your designated instrument, click here. |  |
The IviumBoost is a separate external instrument and has full potentiostat-galvanostat-ZRA capability. It can be purchased at the initial order of your Ivium potentiostat, but can of course also be ordered at a later time. For example when the emphasis of your research shifts to higher power requirements, an IviumBoost will be ideal to enhance the capability of your Ivium potentiostat.
IviumBoost 10V/40A technical specifications
Sales brochure IviumBoost 10V/40A
The integration of a power booster into the CompactStat.e will greatly increase the application possibilities. When available, an automatic selection will choose whether the power booster is activated or not:
- when powered from USB the power booster is not activated;
- when powered from adapter the power booster is automatically activated.
In this way the portable use of the USB powered CompactStat is preserved.
CompactStat.e with booster technical specifications
NOTE that the e10800, e20250 and e10030 power boosters are only available for the CompactStat.e. If you own an older CompactStat, you can order a Plus-module to increase the power (see below).
The Plus-module is a separate module that is designed to increase the power capacity of the CompactStat. This will allow the CompactStat to be used with full potentiostat power. The modularity of the Plus-module still allows the CompactStat to be used separately, thus not loosing any of its portable applications! Because of its power requirements the CompactStatPlus needs a power adapter that connects to the grid.
The CompactStatPlus has all the same features and accuracy of the separate CompactStat, but adds the 100 mA current range.
Plus-module technical Specifications
This 32-channel potentiostat module can operate up to 32 working electrodes simultaneously that share a single counter electrode and reference electrode. That means that it applies a potential across all channels continuously! And the potentials for each working electrode have an independent programmable offset. During measurement all channels are sampled simultaneously. The maximum applied potential is determined by the controlling potentiostat (i.e. ±4 V for the CompactStat; ±10 V for the IviumStat; etc.)
Specs per channel:
● max. current: ±1 mA
● potential offset: max. ±2 V, 0.0625 mV resolution
● sequential or simultaneous mode
MultiWE32 technical specifications
True Linear Scan (LinScan)
The True Linear Scan is a hardware option that applies a smooth analog ramp, instead of the standard staircase sweep. This hardware configuration is available on all IviumStats and CompactStats and can be fitted retrospectively via a software-key upgrade.
The True Linear Scan option is designed to be used in those cases where the nature and speed of the electrochemical reaction processes lead to information loss when a standard digital staircase signal is applied (fast transient behaviour, absorption, α-characteristics).
The Software parameters and scanlimits are identical to the standard staicase technique. Specific parameters:
● Scan range ±2 V, 0.125 mV resolution
● Scanrate 1 μV/s - 10.000 V/s
● Available in the techniques: LSV and CV
BipotentioStat (BiStat)
The bipotentiostat (BiStat) is a hardware option that enables a second working electrode (WE2) with programmable potential offset wrt RE or WE1. It is used for various applications, including rotating ring disc electrode (RRDE) measurements. The bipotentiostat is fully integrated in the potentiostatic Sweep and Transient methods. Its data is recorded simultaneously with the primary channel and can be represented in the same plot using a secondary axis, or in a separate plot. The maximum scanrate or minimum interval times are the same as for the primary channel
| Specific parameters: | |
| ● 2 configurations | ♦ "standard": WE2 at a fixed potential w.r.t. RE |
| ♦ "scanning": WE2 at a fixed offset potential w.r.t. the primary WE | |
| ● Applied offset potential range ±2.0 V | |
| ● Applied potential resolution 0.0625 mV | |
| ● Compliance voltage ±2.0 V w.r.t. primary WE | |
| ● Maximum current ±30 mA | |
| ● Current ranges 1 pA to 10 mA in 11 ranges (lower 4 ranges use gain amplifier) | |
| ● Measured current resolution 0.076 % of current range, and 0.0000023% using gain amplifier | |
| ● Minimum current resolution 0.15 fA | |
| ● Data acquisition simultaneously with primary WE1, 100 kHz max. | |
| ● Programmable response filter 1 MHz, 100 kHz, 10 kHz, 1 kHz, 10 Hz | |
Multiplexer
The Ivium Technologies electrochemical multiplexer can work individual cells with 2, 3 and 4 electrodes and a WE2 (BipotentioStat, optional). Each multiplexer has 8 channels and the multiplexer units can be stacked so that up to 64 channels can be controlled sequentially by a single potentiostat.
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| Ivium Technologies can offer 2 types of multiplexers: | |||
| HiMUX.XR: uMUX: | Each channel with its own electrometer; compliance ±5A and ±20V Each channel switches with relays; can be used with any Ivium potentiostat | ||
| HiMUX.XR 8 independent channels per module: - WE, CE, RE, S, WE2, GND Stackable up to 8 modules with a total of 64 channels | |||
| Technical specifications: | |
| ● Fast channel switching: Because no switches are connected to RE&S, there are no (dis-)charge currents when channels are switched. High impedance (reference-) electrodes require a long stabilization time after each switch. The HiMUX keeps RE&S always connected, and allows for fast channel switches without disturbing the electrochemical cells. | |
| ● Excellent high frequency performance: the design with independent active electrometers allows the whole RE/S cable-length to be enclosed within driven shields. This results in a very low leakage capacitance, and measurements can be done in the high frequency range without performance loss compared to the un-multiplexed situation. | |
| Each Electrometer: | ♦ Input impedance: >1000 Gohm//<8 pF |
| ♦ Bandwidth >16 MHz | |
| ● Maximum compliance WE & CE: 5A | |
| ● Automatic channel selection is integrated in the software. | |
uMUX In the uMUX each channel switches with relays and can be used with any Ivium potentiostat, including the 50V and 100V versions. The uMUX has the advantage of a lower price than the HiMUX.XR. Automatic channel selection is integrated in the software. | |
The module has 32 banana sockets (4mm) that are colour coded for easy recognition and include a 5 V, max. 100 mA power point. A DB37-data cable connects the PPE to the potentiostat.
Technical specifications:
● Each unit can record up to 8 differential channels
● Stackable up to 8 units with a total of 64 differential channels
● Differential measurement range: ±2.0 V
● Maximum common mode voltage: ±15 V
● Input impedance: > 10^12 Ohm
mPDAThe mPDA, or miniPDA, is a 2 channel version of the Peripheral Differential Amplifier (PDA). It has 2 analog inputs for simultaneous recording of differential bipolar high-ohmic external voltages, such as reference or pH meters. The mPDA is integrated in a cable that connects directly to the peripheral port. The cable ends in 4 banana's (4mm) and is available in two different versions, one for the CompactStat/IviumStat and one for the sModule/Vertex (only if periph. port is available, for compatibility see also in the table). |  |
Technical specifications:
● Each cable facilitates recording of up to 2 differential channels
● Cable length 1.3m; 1 black/red banana pair for each channel
● Differential measurement range: ±2.0 V
● Maximum common mode voltage: ±15 V
● Input impedance: > 10^12 Ohm
Compatibily of P/G instruments and options/modules: | |
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