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All
materials change their physical properties and their chemical
characteristics under the influence of temperature.
Thermal Analysis methods systematically analyze these changes by
application of programmed temperature variations for heating and
cooling, and by application of specified sample atmospheres and
pressures. The properties most often studied are specific heat and
enthalpy changes, weight loss or weight gain, Young's modulus,
thermal expansion or shrinkage and gas evolution.
Knowledge of the thermophysical properties of solids and liquids
has become very important for a sustainable energy industry and
process economy. Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity
measurements for insulating and for good conducting materials
supply the data basis for engineering calculations and practical
application of construction parts. The temperature-contingent information
on material properties determined by Thermal Analysis methods
allows conclusions to be drawn regarding the identification of
materials as well as their purity and composition, polymorphism
and structural changes, thermal stability and temperature limits
of application, aging behavior, thermomechanical behavior and
viscoelastic properties, and processing conditions for shaping,
casting, molding and extrusion. This comprehensiveness in material
characterization encompasses all kinds of applications of Thermal
Analysis for samples of organic, inorganic and biological origin.
It is a very seldom occurrence that a sample cannot be tested
successfully with any of the Thermal Analysis techniques.
NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing is focused on the
development of versatile, reliable and sensitive instruments for
material research, development, quality control and failure
analysis. Our broad application know-how is transferred to our
customers by means of demonstration or contract testing,
application books for different materials or industrial branches,
or directly and personally in seminars, workshops and users'
meetings. In addition to laboratory techniques for Thermal
Analysis and Thermophysical Properties, NETZSCH also offers
online process control techniques for reacting resin systems based
on the change of dielectric properties and ion mobility.
Thermal Analysis
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