Applications Measurements - NETZSCH Applications Laboratory

Applications Measurements

Our Expertise

The NETZSCH Thermal Analysis Applications Laboratories are a proficient partner for nearly all thermal analysis issues. Our involvement in your projects begins with painstaking sample preparation and continues through meticulous examination and interpretation of the measurement results. Our diverse methods and over 30 different state-of-the-art measuring stations will provide ready solutions for all your special questions. Customers of our laboratory services stem from a wide range of large companies in industries such as chemical, automotive, electronics, air/space travel, racing, and polymer and ceramics.

Our Locations

Besides our central laboratory in Germany, we also have satellite labs in the USA (Boston) and in China (Shanghai).

Our Business Spectrum

Within the realm of thermal analysis and the measurement of thermophysical properties, we offer you a comprehensive line of the most diverse analysis techniques for the characterization of materials (solids, powders and liquids). Measurements can be carried out on samples of the most varied of geometries and configurations. Consult with the experts in our applications labs to choose the best-suited measuring method for your specific needs. You will be working with scientists (physicists, chemists, materials scientists) possessing consolidated knowledge about the most varied of methods and materials spectra. Confidentiality is of course guaranteed.

Our Measuring Methods:

Method

Measurement results

Temperature range

In accordance with the following standards (excerpt)

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Phase transformation temperatures and enthalpies, specific

-180°C ... 1650°C

ASTM	C 351, D 3417, D 3418, D 3895, D 4565, E 793, E 794
DIN	51004, 51007, 53765, 65467
DIN EN	728
ISO	10837, 11357, 11409

High-pressure DSC (up to 15 MPa, 150 bar)

Phase transformation temperatures

-50 ... 600°C

ASTM	D 5483, D 6186, E 1782, E 1858, E 2009

Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)

Phase transformation temperatures

-180 ... 2000°C

ASTM	C 351, D 3417, D 3418, D 3895, D 4565, E 793, E 794
DIN	51004, 51007
ISO	10837

Thermo-gravimetry (TGA, STA)

Mass changes, corrosion, thermal stability

RT ... 2000°C

ASTM	E 914, E 1131, E 1868
DIN	51006
ISO	7111, 11358

Gas analysis

Characterization of gases emitted by means of MS or FTIR, coupled to a TG or STA

-120°C ... 1650°C

Dilatometry and TMA

Dimensional changes, coefficients of expansion, density change

-180°C ... 2800°C

ASTM	D 696, E 228, E 831, E 1363, E 1545, E 1824
DIN	53752

Dynamic-Mechanical Analysis (DMA)

Visco-elastic behavior, coefficient of elasticity

-170°C ... 600°C

ASTM	D4092, D 4065, D 4473, D 5023, D 5024, D 5026, D 5418, E 1640, E 1867
DIN EN	53440
DIN EN ISO	6721

Heat Flow Meter and Guarded Hot Plate

Thermal conductivity of insulating materials

-160°C ... 700°C

ASTM	C 177, C 236, C 518, C 335, C 976, D 5470, E 1225, E 1530, F 433
DIN EN	12667, 12939, 13163
ISO	8301, 8302

Flash Methods

Thermal conductivity and diffusivity

-125°C ... 2000°C

ASTM	E 1461
DIN EN	821

Dielectric Analysis

Curing behavior of reactive polymers

RT ... 400°C

ASTM	E 2038, E 2039

The Advantage to You

You will receive high-precision measurement results and valuable interpretations from us in the shortest possible time. This will enable you to exactly specify new materials and components before actual deployment, minimize risks of failure, and gain decisive advantages over your competitors. For production problems, we can work with you to analyze causal issues and work out solution concepts. The relatively low expense of investment in our test measurements and services will pay off by greatly reducing your down time and reject rates. In addition, you will be able to increase the satisfaction of your existing customers and to win new ones.

Please be so kind as to send your samples directly to:

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH
Applications laboratory
Dr. Gabriele Kaiser
Wittelsbacherstraße 42
95100 Selb/Bavaria
Germany

In case of further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Please refer to: ngb-lab@netzsch.com