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