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Color QC instrument measures clear & opaque plastics. (Keeping Up With Auxiliaries).


A self-contained, benchtop reflectance/transmittance spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, instrument for measuring and comparing the intensities of common spectral lines in the spectra of two different sources of light. See photometry; spectroscope; spectrum.  is designed for color quality control of plastic articles. It also measures yellowness index, transmission haze, and APHA (Hazen). Colorquest XE-Touch from Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc., Reston, Va., has a large backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper.  LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show.  display that can be read in any lighting environment.

Touchscreen See touch screen.  operation simplifies data entry. The instrument can be used with a PC and HunterLab's Universal QC software, or its data can be output directly to a printer. Price is comparable to benchtop units that require a PC. Tel: (703) 471-6870, www.hunterlab.com
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Comment:Color QC instrument measures clear & opaque plastics. (Keeping Up With Auxiliaries).(from Hunter Associates Laboratory Inc.)
Publication:Plastics Technology
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2002
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