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Thermal Analysis and Evolved Gas Analysis

Thermal behaviour, decomposition products, surface area and porosity.

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What this service offers

This service combines thermal analysis, evolved-gas identification and surface-area measurements to understand stability, phase events, decomposition pathways and porosity.

Companies can access established measurements with technical support, data processing and, when requested, interpretation or technical reporting.

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What this service can tell you

Use these information areas to assess whether the service matches your material question.

TGA

8 information areas
  • Thermal stability
  • Decomposition and degradation
  • Mass loss
  • Solvent and volatile content
  • Organic and inorganic fractions
  • Oxidation and reduction behaviour
  • Reaction temperatures and decomposition stages
  • Mass changes versus temperature or time

TGA–DSC/DTA

7 information areas
  • Mass variation
  • Endothermic and exothermic events
  • Melting and crystallisation
  • Phase transitions
  • Decomposition and oxidation
  • Curing and thermally activated processes
  • Enthalpy-related events

TGA–MS / EGA

8 information areas
  • Gases and volatile species released during heating
  • Degradation products
  • Solvent and moisture release
  • Gases associated with oxidation and reduction
  • Correlation between mass-loss steps and chemical species
  • Thermal-decomposition pathways
  • Components and residues in polymers, composites, catalysts, coatings and soft materials
  • TGA shows how much mass changes and when; mass spectrometry indicates which gases or volatile species are released

DSC

7 information areas
  • Melting and crystallisation
  • Glass transitions
  • Phase transitions
  • Fusion and decomposition temperatures
  • Curing and thermal events
  • Enthalpy changes
  • Molecular organisation and polymer-chain behaviour

BET and surface area

7 information areas
  • Specific surface area
  • Pore volume and pore-size distribution
  • Microporosity and mesoporosity
  • Adsorption and desorption
  • Surface accessibility
  • Porosity changes after activation, processing or functionalisation
  • Porous-electrode and catalyst properties

Techniques and service routes

The service uses the following established techniques or technical routes, selected according to the sample and information required.

Available options

  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
  • TGA–DSC/DTA
  • TGA–MS and evolved gas analysis (EGA)
  • Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
  • BET surface-area and porosity analysis

From measurement to a usable result

Technical consultation

Before measurement

Align the sample, technique and information need.

Measurement data

Core output

Receive data generated with the agreed service route.

Data processing

Result preparation

Process and organise the data for technical assessment.

Interpretation or report

When requested

Add interpretation or technical reporting where included in the scope.

An established technical service

This page describes access to existing techniques and infrastructure within the ICMAB Scientific and Technical Services.

Need a custom experimental programme?

New methods, customised programmes, in-situ or operando measurements, device development and advanced scientific interpretation beyond the standard service should be discussed as contract research or collaboration with an ICMAB research group.

Discuss your thermal analysis and evolved gas analysis request

Describe your material, sample format, the information you need and any relevant measurement constraints so the technical team can assess the request.

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