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Validate Your VROC Chips

Tips to validate your chips prior to testing.

Application Brief

Chip Validation for m-VROC II & Initium One Plus

When validating your chip with a viscosity calibration standard (i.e., MGVS or oil), follow these steps:
  • Measure the viscosity at five different shear rates corresponding to the five measured %FS (reported in software) ranges shown in the table below.
  • For more robust validation, obtain at least 5 – 10 repeats for each shear rate using temp control.
    • This is very easy to do with the m-VROC II or Initium One Plus because these give unlimited automatic measurements with only one sample volume, saving a lot of time and effort.
    • This is time-consuming and more labor intensive with the old m-VROC I since you must load up the test syringe many times.
    • The m-VROC II and Initium One Plus have built-in Peltier temp control, while the old m-VROC I requires an external water bath.

 

Measured %FS Passing % Error
5 ≤ %FS < 25 ≤ 5
25 ≤ %FS < 33 ≤ 4
33 ≤ %FS < 50  ≤ 3
50 ≤ %FS < 75 ≤ 2
75 ≤ %FS ≤ 95 ≤ 2

 

  • The chip is validated if the calculated % error (equation shown below) ≤ passing % error (shown in table above) for segments with R2 ≥ 0.996.

    mvroc and initium Chip Validation-Error-Percentage-Equation-Apr-17-2025-10-43-19-0992-PM
  •  If the calculated % error is too high, the chip is not validated and may need to be appropriately cleaned, or serviced by RheoSense or a RheoSense-approved distributor.
    • This cleaning can be automatically done using multiple solvents with the Initium One Plus, or with the mVROC II chip cleaning station.
    • Cleaning is not automatic with the old m-VROC I, which requires the user to load cleaning solvent multiple times into the test syringe.

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