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Sierra's Smart-Trak® Model 100 Series Chosen as Part
of Key Test Equipment in Measuring CO2 Absorption
in Antarctica
MONTEREY, CA – December 19, 2008 – With just days left before Stanford
researcher David Mucciarone would leave on his annual pilgrimage to Antarctica,
the mass flow controller in his carbon analyzer failed.
His instrumentation supplier recommended that he make the transition to Sierra.
On a wing and a prayer, he purchased a Sierra Smart-Trak® Model 100 digital
mass flow controller just prior to boarding ship. He installed it on the trip down to
Antarctica, and it worked, perfectly. But fierce trials lay ahead as the icebreaker
he was travelling on plunged through miles of thick ice before delivering him to
one of the most severe environments on Planet Earth.
Despite the challenges, the Smart-Trak® has never faltered. “We’re very happy
and that’s the bottom line,” says Mucciarone.
No greater challenge faces our planet right now than determining conclusively
how we are impacting the environment and what can be done to arrest and
reverse global warming. To deepen our understanding, Stanford researcher
David Mucciarone spends two months in the Antarctic every year measuring the
breakdown of inorganic carbon in both sea and ice to learn how much carbon
dioxide the ocean can effectively digest. Based on his success with the carbon
analyzer, he plans to employ additional analyzers on ocean reef and other
ecosystems around the world—each containing a Sierra Smart-Trak® mass flow
controller.
The Smart-Trak® digital mass flow controller offers maximum flexibility, an easyto-use interface and true digital performance. Smart-Trak’s Dial-A-Gas® feature
and pilot module interface are used to change gases and other critical
parameters in the field. The microprocessor is programmed for ten gases that are
commonly used in biotech, pharmaceutical, analytical and research applications.
Other gases may also be specified to create a custom instrument. Smart-Trak®
controls gas mass flow from <1 sccm to 1000 slpm and is suitable for any clean
gas flow, including toxics and corrosives.
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PHONE: 831-373-0200
FAX: 831-373-4402
www.sierrainstruments.com
TOMSON CENTRE, RM. A618
188 ZHANG YANG ROAD,
PU DONG NEW DISTRICT,
SHANGHAI, P.R. CHINA 200122
PHONE: 8621 5879 8521
FAX: 8621 5879 8586
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THE NETHERLANDS
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FAX: +31 (0)72-5071401
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