Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
Basics
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- Thermo analytical technique for material characterization (physical and chemical)
- Determination of sample mass lost depending on a controlled temperature programm in a controlled atmosphere
- Quantification of loss of water, loss of solvent, loss of plasticizer, decarboxylation, pyrolysis, oxidation, decomposition, weight % filler, amount of metallic catalytic residue remaining on carbon nanotubes, and weight % ash
Our Equipment
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TGA Q 5000 (TA Instruments)
- coupled to FTIR Nicolet 380 detection (Thermo Electron) and GC-MS (Agilent) via IST16
interface (SRA Instruments) for simultanous identification of gasous substances