Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
Thermal analysis is a category of material science used to measure certain properties of materials as
they change with temperature. It measures the changes in physical and chemical properties of
materials as a function of increasing temperature or time.
Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) is a useful tool to examine the thermal stability of materials. It is
commonly used to determine characteristics of material that experience mass loss or gain as a result
of decomposition, oxidation, and loss of moisture.
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a thermo-analytical technique in which the difference in the
amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a sample and reference is measured as a
function of temperature. This technique is often used to determine what happens to polymers when
they are heated.
Rheometric Scientific STA 625
Thermal gravimetric analysis offering simultaneous coupled to
differential scanning calorimetry.
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