Glassy Carbon
We are dealing with various kinds of Glassy Carbon products. Customer's special processing order such as pipe, pot shape etc. or custom sizing order is also available.
Features of Glassy Carbon
- High-purity
- Excellent Stability as high as at 3,000 °C in vacuum / at 500 °C in the air
- Well Inert against Chemical erosion
- Impermeability to Gas and Solution
- Significant Hardness / Strength
- Brings Fine surface condition after polishing
- Favorable electric conducting property
- Dielectric characteristics in High-frequency
- Highly Resistant against Inorganic and Organic salts
- Good Bio-Compatibility
- Isotropic Physical/Chemical properties
Glassy Carbon - Physical Property
| Density | 1.42 g/cm3 |
| Upper Temparature Limit in vacuum | 3,000 °C |
| Porosity | 0% |
| Gas Transmission Rate | 10-9 cm3/s |
| Hardness | 230 HVI |
| Bending Strength | 260 N/mm2 |
| Compressive Strength | 480 N/mm2 |
| Young's Modulus | 35 kN/mm2 |
| Thermal Expansion Coefficient (20-200 °C) | 2.6 x 10-6 1/K |
| Heat Conducting (@30 °C) | 6.3 W/(K•m) |
What is Glassy Carbon?
Glassy Carbon has quite unique structure. As the figure below shows, this material contains random combination of basal plane and edge plane.
La: Intraplanar Microcrystaline Size, Lc: Interplanar Microcrystaline Size
(G.M. Jenkins and K. Kawamura: Nature 231,175 (1971).)
Glassy carbon products lineup
Rod - Plate - Film - Powder
| Catalog No. |
Description | Size |
| ROD | ||
| 010761 | R-1 Glassy Carbon rod | OD 1.0x100 mm |
| 010762 | R-2 Glassy Carbon rod | OD 2.0x100 mm |
| 010763 | R-3 Glassy Carbon rod | OD 3.0x100 mm |
| PLATE | ||
| 012825 | P-1 Glassy Carbon plate | 1.0x10x10 mm |
| 012086 | P-1 Glassy Carbon plate | 1.0x25x25 mm |
| 012087 | P-2 Glassy Carbon plate | 2.0x25x25 mm |
| 012088 | P-3 Glassy Carbon plate | 3.0x25x25 mm |
| FILM | ||
| 012089 | F-100 Glassy Carbon film | 0.1x25x25 mm |
Working Electrode
| Catalog No. |
Description | Isolation | Outler diameter | Inner diameter |
| 002417 | GCE Glassy Carbon electrode | PEEK | 10 mm | 5 mm |
| 012744 | LGCE Glassy Carbon electrode (110 mm) | PEEK | 6 mm | 3 mm |
| 002012 | GCE Glassy Carbon electrode | PEEK | 6 mm | 3 mm |
| 012297 | GCE Glassy Carbon electrode | PEEK | 6 mm | 1.6 mm |
| 013914 | GCE Glassy Carbon electrode | PEEK | 6 mm | 1 mm |
| 012298 | GCE Glassy Carbon electrode | PEEK | 3 mm | 1.6 mm |
| 013915 | SGCE Glassy Carbon electrode | PEEK | 3 mm | 1 mm |
Wide selection of the working electrode is available. Customization is also available.
Ring/Disk and Disk Electrodes
| Catalog No. |
Classification | Length (mm) |
OD (mm) |
Ring size ID/OD (mm) |
Disk diameter (mm) |
| Ring/Disk Electrode | |||||
| 011162 | RRDE Pt Ring/GC Disk Electrode | 25 | 12 | 5.0/7.0 | 4.0 |
| 011163 | RRDE Au Ring/GC Disk Electrode | 25 | 12 | 5.0/7.0 | 4.0 |
| 012132 | RRDE GC Ring/GC Disk Electrode | 25 | 12 | 5.0/7.0 | 4.0 |
| Disk Electrode | |||||
| 011169 | RDE GCE Glassy carbon Disk Electrode | 25 | 12 | -- | 3.0 |
RDE and RRDE were designed to fit in the RRDE-3A Rotating Ring Disk Electrode Apparatus. Custom made electrode for RDE (rotating disk electrode) or RRDE (rotating ring disk electrode) is available.
Cross flow cell & Radial flow cell (Working electrode)
| Catalog No. |
Description | Dimension |
| 001000 | Glassy Carbon electrode for cross flow cell | dia. 3 mm x 2 (dual type), Size: 25 x 25 mm |
| 001006 | Glassy Carbon/Gold Electrode for cross flow cell | dia. 3 mm x 2 (dual type), Size: 25 x 25 mm |
| 012583 | Glassy Carbon/Platinum Electrode for cross flow cell | dia. 3 mm x 2 (dual type), Size: 25 x 25 mm |
| 012124 | Glassy Carbon electrode for radial flow cell | dia. 3 mm (Single), Size: 25 x 25 mm |
| 001016 | Glassy Carbon electrode for radial flow cell | dia. 6 mm (Single), Size: 25 x 25 mm |
The Model 100 Syringe Pump 2 channel is a perfect item for your flow cell. The flow rate could be adjusted in range of 0.001 µL/min to 90 mL/min.
