Document Outline

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Trademarks
• Disclaimer
• Disclosure
• Copyright
• Declaration Of Conformity
• Warranty
• Table Of Contents
• Table Of Figures
• List Of Tables
• GENERAL DESCRIPTION
  • FEATURES
    • VERY WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE
    • SUPPORT FOR VERY LOW Q, HIGHLY DAMPED, CRYSTALS
    • DIRECT REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS OF CRYSTAL FREQUENCY, MASS, AN
    • MULTIPLE CRYSTAL MEASUREMENT CHANNELS
    • ELECTRODE CAPACITANCE CANCELLATION
    • “AUTOLOCK”
    • CRYSTAL FACE ISOLATION
    • FULLY INTERGATED COMPUTER SOFTWARE
    • INPUTS AND OUTPUTS CAPABILITY
    • DATA ACQUISITION
  • SPECIFICATIONS
    • CRYSTAL MEASUREMENT
    • DATA ACQUISITION ANALOG CARD (OPTIONAL)
      • Analog Inputs
      • Thermocouple Input
      • RTD Input
      • Thermistor Input
    • I/O CARD (OPTIONAL)
    • COMMUNICATIONS
    • FRONT PANEL INDICATORS
    • POWER REQUIREMENTS
    • PHYSICAL
  • ACCESSORIES
  • OPTIONAL CARDS
• GETTING STARTED
  • UNPACKING
  • SAFETY PRECAUTION
    • LINE VOLTAGE
    • GROUNDING
    • LINE FUSES
  • SYSTEM CHECKOUT
    • CRYSTAL MEASUREMENTS VERIFICATION
      • In Air
      • In Water
• OPERATION
  • GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CRYSTAL MEASUREMENT
  • UNDERSTANDING AND SETTING UP A CRYSTAL MEASUREMENT CHANNEL
  • FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION
    • LOCK INDICATOR
    • UNLOCK INDICATOR
    • SWEEP INDICATOR
    • RESET SWITCH
    • CRYSTAL CONNECTOR
    • CRYSTAL FACE CONNECTOR
      • Crystal Face Mating Connector
    • FINE AND COURSE CAPACITANCE ADJUSTMENTS
  • ADJUSTING THE CAPACITANCE CANCELLATION
  • ADJUSTING CAPACITANCE CANCELLATION TRIMMER & SWITCH
    • AS A GENERAL RULE
  • WORKING WITH VERY LOW Q CRYSTALS
  • NORMAL OPERATION
  • HOOKUP FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS
  • OPERATION GUIDELINES
    • ALLOW THE RQCM TO WARM UP
    • ISOLATE THE RQCM FROM TEMPERATURE CHANGE
    • FOR OPERATION IN AIR
      • Operate at or Near The Crystal’s “Turn-Around-Point”
      • Control The Temperature
      • Keep the Test Chamber Clean
      • Keep a Constant Gas Flow
    • FOR OPERATION IN LIQUIDS
      • Degas The Sample Liquid
      • Wait For Mechanical Disturbances To Stabilize
      • Wait For The Temperature To Stabilize
      • Prepare Your Solutions Carefully
      • Avoid Using A Stirrer
    • FOR OPERATION WITH THE FC-550 FLOW CELL
      • Avoid Excessive Differential Pressure
      • Keep a Constant Line Pressure
      • Allow Ample Time For the Crystal To Come to Equilibrium
• CRYSTALS, HOLDERS AND FLOW CELL
  • 1 INCH DIAMETER CRYSTALS
    • ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION
    • CRYSTAL PARAMETERS
    • CRYSTAL SURFACE FINISH
    • CRYSTAL ELECTRODE MATERIALS
    • CRYSTAL THICKNESS
    • MASS SENSITIVITY
    • STABILITY
    • CRYSTAL LIFE EXPECTANCY
    • TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT
  • CRYSTAL CARE AND HANDLING
    • CRYSTAL CLEANING
      • General Cleaning
      • Organic (hydrocarbon contaminants)
      • Biomaterials (lipids, proteins and similar biomolecules)
      • Lipid vesicles on SiO2 surfaces
      • Polystyrene removal
      • Polymer Removal
    • ELECTRODE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS
      • SPIN COATING
      • SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (SAM)
      • PHYSICAL VACUUM DEPOSITION (PVD)
  • CRYSTAL HOLDERS
    • HOW TO INSTALL A CRYSTAL IN A MAXTEK CRYSTAL HOLDER
    • HOLDER CARE AND HANDLING
    • CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUILDING YOUR OWN HOLDER
  • FLOW CELL
• THEORY OF OPERATION
  • SAUERBREY EQUATION
  • Z-MATCH EQUATION
  • THICKNESS CALCULATION
  • LIQUID MEASUREMENTS
    • DECAY LENGTH OF SHEAR WAVE IN LIQUID
  • DISSIPATION METHOD
  • ELECTRICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE QUARTZ CRYSTAL
  • CHARACTERIZING THE CRYSTAL MEASUREMENT
    • FREQUENCY ERRORS
    • FREQUENCY ERROR DUE TO PHASE ERROR
    • FREQUENCY ERROR DUE TO IMPERFECT CAPACITANCE CANCELLATION
  • FREQUENCY ERRORS DUE TO IMPERFECT CAPACITANCE CANCELLATION
  • CALCULATING CRYSTAL POWER
• APPLICATIONS
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE
    • CALIBRATION
    • POLYMER MODIFIED ELECTRODES
  • CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS
• COMPUTER INTERFACE
  • COMPUTER INTERFACE SOFTWARE
  • RECOMMENDED MINIMUM COMPUTER CONFIGURATION
  • SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
  • CREATING YOUR OWN SOFTWARE
  • RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE
  • RS-485 SERIAL INTERFACE
  • IEEE-488 PARALLEL INTERFACE
  • PROTOCOL
  • DATA TYPES
  • MESSAGE RECEIVED STATUS
  • INSTRUCTION SUMMARY
  • INSTRUCTION DESCRIPTIONS
• DATA ACQUISITION CARD (OPTIONAL)
  • VOLTAGE INPUTS
  • TEMPERATURE INPUTS
    • THERMISTOR INPUT
    • RTD INPUT
    • THERMOCOUPLE INPUT
  • GROUNDING CONSIDERATION
    • VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT GROUNDING
    • TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT GROUNDING
• I/O CARD (OPTIONAL)
• TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES