At Fleming Polymer Testing and Consultancy, we supply a range of thermal analysis techniques that are used to characterise a variety of materials. One of our thermal analysis techniques is thermo gravimetric analysis or TGA, which measures the amount and rate of change in the mass of a particular sample by temperature or time in a controlled atmosphere (usually nitrogen or oxygen). This measurement is used to determine the thermal and oxidative stabilities of a materials, alongside its compositional properties.The TGA technique is particularly useful for:
- Thermal stabilities
- Compositional analysis of multi component materials or blends
- Filler content of materials
- Moisture and volatiles content
- Decomposition kinetics.
