• Solids, powders, and semisolids accepted
• Minimum Sample Mass: ~ 0.5 g
• Sample material must have no chemical incompatibility with pan material; pan options:
  1. Platinum (Standard and High Temperature options available)
  2. Ceramic
  3. Alternative pan types can be procured if needed
• Powders preferred; non-powders must be able to be trimmed to fit TGA pan
• Safety datasheets of sample materials are required

When a sample reaches high enough temperatures, it undergoes chemical and physical transitions that affect its sediment mass.

A TGA system measures the minute changes in sample weight in a controlled thermal environment – usually, as heat is applied to the system. Alternatively, constant temperature experiments can be conducted to evaluate a material’s thermal stability over a set time period.

TGA instruments plot weight as a function of temperature and/or time, and analyzing these plots reveals several thermal properties of the material, including (but not limited to): thermal stability, heat resistance, volatility, and vaporization temperatures.