New NOVA series surface area analyzers from Quantachrome

Quantachrome has declared that their popular NOVA series of rapid B.E.T surface area and pore size analyzers will be introduced in the marketplace in 2008 with an enhanced "calibration-free" analysis option. B.E.T. is named after the three scientists, Stephen Brunauer, Paul Emmett and Edward Teller.

All new NOVA instruments will have the upgrade which allows the user to use not only its popular helium-free, calibrated-cell-mode but also the classical, cell-calibration-free mode which does employ helium. The new-for-2008 classical mode also eliminates the need to employ other adjustments for sample volume or density which most helium-free techniques require.