NISTtraceablestandardmicrospheresandnanospheresareexceptionallymonodisperseparticlesmadeofsilica.
Currentlyofferedrangefornanospheres50-1000nmandformicrospheres1-100µm(totalofabout80products)makingthemsuitableformostparticle-basedtechnologies.
ThesemicrospheresandnanospheresaretraceabletostandardsfromthenationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology(NIST).Thehavebeenmeasuredusingwellcalibratedparticlesizesystems.
Packing:Thesemicrospheresandnanospheresprovidedinaneasy-to-dispenseformataresuppliedasa1.0%solidsaqueousdispersionsin10mldroppertippedvials.
Application:Ourmicrosphereandnanospheresizestandardsusefulininmanyareasofresearchanddevelopment,aswellasindustrialapplicationsforqualityandprocesscontrol,wherethesizeandsizedistributionisimportant.Therearemaymethodstomeasurethesizeofobjectsbelow100micron,however,thesesystemsshouldbecalibratedagainststandards,wheretheprecisesizeofmicroparticlesandnanoparticlesareimportant.Examplesofsuchareasarebiologicalapplicationstodeterminethesizeofviruses,bacteriaandcellularcomponents;pharmaceuticalindustry;ceramics,powders,clays,pigments,abrasives,polishingcompounds,soilsetc.
Othersizestandardsbasedonaluminaandlatexarealsoavailable.
ScanningElectronMicroscopyimageof 3±0.025μm(0.83%)NISTtraceablesilicaSizeStandardnanospheres
ScanningElectronMicroscopyimageof400±1nm(0.25%)NISTtraceablesilicaSizeStandardnanospheres