Product Overview
The sensor is the fundamental element of your measurements. These AT-cut piezoelectric quartz crystals vibrating at 10 MHz are particularly suitable for liquid biosensing. The quartz crystal surface is flat and carefully polished. The gold electrode adhesion is enhanced by using a substrate of titanium.
Each sensor is preserved in a practical protective container, has single side electrode contacts and it is compatible with old openQCM and the new RF-spring contact system.
| TECH SPECS | |
|---|---|
| One side contacts | Yes |
| Quartz Frequency | 10 MHZ |
| Nominal Sensitivity | 4.42 x 10 -9 g Hz-1 cm-2 |
| Frequency Tolerance | ± 20 KHz |
| Capacitance, C0 |
typ. 8 pF |
| Quartz Density | 2649.7 Kg/m3 @ 25°C |
| Stiffness | 8.749 N/m2 |
| Cut | AT |
| Cut Angle | 35° 15'± 3' |
| Quartz Thickness | ~ 160 um |
| Blank Diameter | 14mm |
| Front electrode diameter | 11.5 mm |
| Back electrode diameter | 6.0 mm |
| Electrode material | Gold (Au) |
| Electrode Coating | Au - Ti substrate |
| Electrode Thickness | ~ 200 nm Au (on ~10 nm Ti substrate) |
| Electrode Contacting |
Single - sided contact |
| Electrical Connection | Pogo-pins |
| Surface appearance | Transparent (Polished) |
| Cleaning | A new sensor might be contaminated. Pre-cleaning the surface will give more reproducible results |
