Thermal / Mechanical Suite

The Thermal / Mechanical Suite contains a wide array of thermal, mechanical, and optical property measurement systems for materials analysis.

The suite includes the following instrumentation:

  • Optical Property Measurement

    UV-Visible Spectroscopy — Shimadzu UV-2600i

    Spectroscopic Ellipsometer — Horiba UVISEL

  • Thermal Property Measurement

    Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) — TA Q200

    Thermo Mechanical Analyzer (TMA) — TA Q400

    Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) — TA Q800

    Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) — TA Q50

    TGA with Mass Spectrometry (TGA-MS) — Netzsch

    + Thermo-microbalance — TG 209 F1 Iris
    + Mass Spectrometer — QMS 403 Aeolos

    Thermal Diffusivity System (TDS) — Anter FlashLine 2000

  • Mechanical Property Measurement

    Rheometer — TA Discovery HR30

    Pycnometer — Quantachrome Ultrapyc 1200E

    Environmental & Fatigue Testers