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Sheet 02 · Tech specs
openQCM Q-1The Q-1, in numbers.
The compact, modular Quartz Crystal Microbalance with dissipation monitoring — nanogram-level mass detection in a compact 50 g unit.
Data sheetopenQCM Q-1
- Instrument
- openQCM Q-1
- Sheet
- 02 / 06
- Title
- Tech specs
- Drawn
- openQCM · Pompeii
Specifications
Performance
- Frequency SD, fundamental
- 0.1 Hz in air · 2.8 Hz in liquid (typical); acceptance test in liquid ≤ 2.0 Hz
- Dissipation SD, fundamental
- 0.3 ppm in air · 3.9 ppm in liquid (typical); acceptance test ≤ 0.2 and ≤ 0.5 × 10⁻⁶
- Typical mass sensitivity
- 4.42 × 10⁻⁹ g·Hz⁻¹·cm⁻² at 10 MHz
Sensor
- Number of sensors
- Single quartz resonator
- Quartz sensors
- 5 MHz and 10 MHz, 14 mm, wrapped electrode (single-side contact)
- Frequency range
- 1–50 MHz
Measurement
- Electronics interface
- Network analyser: AD9851 DDS sweep, AD8302 gain and phase
- Quantities
- Frequency and dissipation
- Overtones
- One at a time: up to the 9th (5 MHz) or 5th (10 MHz)
- Sampling
- ~1.0 s per overtone
Thermal
- Temperature sensor
- MCP9808 (I²C) in the sensor module, measurement only
- Active thermal control
- No
Mechanical
- Main case
- Nylon PA2200
- Sensor module
- Nylon PA2200; PMMA window (PTFE on request); FKM (Viton) O-ring
- Chamber volume
- ~50 µl
- Dimensions
- 143.1 × 66.8 × 26 mm
- Weight
- 50 g
Power and data
- Power
- USB, 5 V
- Connection
- Micro-USB, USB 2.0 to the PC
- Software
- Python, open source; CSV data