Polartronic V

High Performance Polarimeter

The Polartronic V is a high-performance polarimeter offering up to 1000 freely definable measuring scales, high accuracy of ±0.002°, and flexible temperature-controlled sample handling for pharmaceutical, food, and chemical laboratory applications.

Polartronic V

The Schmidt+Haensch Polartronic V is a high-performance polarimeter offering exceptional versatility, with up to 1000 freely definable measuring scales including optical rotation, specific rotation, the °Z International Sugar Scale, and percentage concentration. This flexibility makes it suitable for a wide range of pharmaceutical, food, beverage, and chemical laboratory applications. Delivering high accuracy and reproducibility across a wide measuring range, the Polartronic V is built for laboratories that need dependable, precise polarimetric measurement with flexible temperature control and connectivity options.

Key Features

  • Measuring scales: optical rotation, specific rotation, °Z International Sugar Scale, % concentration (g/mL, g/100mL, g/L) — up to 1000 scales freely definable.
  • Measuring range: ±89.9° (rotation offset of 90°, 180° or 270° possible), up to 259 °Z.
  • Accuracy: ±0.002° / ±0.006 °Z; Reproducibility/Precision: ±0.001° / ±0.003 °Z.
  • Resolution: 0.001° / 0.001 °Z.
  • Sensitivity up to OD 5; response time max. 4 seconds.
  • Temperature-controlled measuring tubes available: 100–200mm with funnel, flow-through system, or as microtube.
  • Interfaces: RS232, USB A (x2), Ethernet, WLAN (via adapter).

Applications

Suited to pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and chemical laboratories needing flexible, high-accuracy polarimetric measurement across a wide range of custom scales and sample types.