The FPIA laboratory is located at the Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Fisica e dei Materiali (DCIFM), University of Torino.

 

The Sysmex FPIA 3000 was aquired by the Centre with a grant from the Compagnia di San Paolo of Torino.

 

People in charge of the Lab:
Dr. Francesco Turci (DCIFM), e-mail:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; tel.: +39 011 670.7577

 

- Sysmex FPIA 3000

- Automated image analysis—flow cytometry

- CCD (charge-coupled device) detector

- Measuring mode

 

Measuring Mode	High power field (2x secondary lens)	Low power field (0.5x secondary lens)
Particle size range (standard unit) Primary lens = 10x	1.5μm – 40μm (total mag = 20x)	6μm – 160μm (total mag = 5x)
Particle size range (high-mag unit) Primary lens = 20x	0.8μm – 20μm (total mag = 40x)	3μm – 80μm (total mag = 10x)
Particle size range (low-mag unit) Primary lens = 5x	3μm – 80μm (total mag = 10x)	12μm – 300μm (total mag = 2.5x)
Standard sample volume	5 ml	5 ml
Minimum sample volume	1 ml	1 ml

 

The Sysmex FPIA-3000 enables reliable, repeatable and routine characterization of particle size distributions and particle shape distributions using automated imaging techniques.

Particle shape information is generated from the analysis of a large number of particles, displays of size and shape data are supported by images of all particles to provide further visual understanding of the measurement data. Particle shape provides an additional parameter to understand the source of manufacturing variations.

 

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