TA Instruments TGA 5500

Capabilities:

• Volatile content
• Thermal and oxidative stability
• Activation energy
• Composition of multi-component system
• Decomposition kinetics
• Effects of reactive atmosphere

Features:

• Temperature range: Ambient to 1200°C
• Heating rate (linear): 0.1 to 500°C/min
• Heating rate (ballistic): >1600°C/min
• Sample weight capacity: 1000 mg

Publications involving the TGA system in the experimental conditions:

• Determination of grafting density of polymres on carbon nanotubes and degradation temperatures of Diels-Alder polymer network
  • Dynamic polymer network conductive composites: Low percolation threshold and Joule-heating induced network plasticity |Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Supersonic puncture-healable and impact-resistant covalent adaptive networks |Materials Horizons