Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)

Capabilities of the Q5000 TGA

• Provides users with such information as compositional analysis of multi-component materials, thermal stabilities and oxidative stabilities.

• Allows for the determination of moisture and volatiles content

FT-IR / ATR

Capabilities of the Thermo Scientific Nicolet 6700 FTIR/ATR

• Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) accessory available to allow for fast, non-destructive analysis of samples with little or no sample preparation

• Material identification of organic films, particles, powders and liquids (e.g. polymer, resins, fibers, paint, Oil, etc.)

• Identification of contaminants on surfaces (sub-µm scale)

LC-MS

• Our new Agilent InfinityLab Liquid Chromatography/Mass Selective Detector (LC/MSD) system uses the power of mass selective detection to enhance analytical confidence. The single quadrupole LC/MSD system is running in parallel to the Infinity II LC system.

Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)

Capabilities of the Q2000 DSC

• Phase transitions of polymers, including glass transition, melting and crystallization

• Heat capacity,  melting point, crystallization and glass transition temperatures

• Degree of cure  and  residual cure of the resins

• Thermal performances and thermal histories of materials

Electrochemistry

• Cyclic voltammetry

• Chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, chronocoulometry

• Bulk electrolysis

• Charge/discharge

• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.