{"id":458,"date":"2026-07-29T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/?p=458"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:58:20","slug":"new-thermal-analysis-capability-at-arc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/2026\/07\/29\/new-thermal-analysis-capability-at-arc\/","title":{"rendered":"New Thermal Analysis Capability at ARC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARC has expanded its materials characterization capabilities with two new instruments: a PerkinElmer Pyris 9 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA). These systems offer automated sample handling, broad temperature ranges, and advanced software for precise, quantitative thermal analysis, opening the door to a wide range of new research applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unique features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pyris TGA 9 Temperature Range: 15 \u00b0C to 1100 \u00b0C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pyris DSC 9 Temperature Range: -90 \u00b0C to 750 \u00b0C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>48-slot autosamplers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Researchers Can Now Measure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glass transition temperature (Tg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melting and crystallization behavior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heat capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cure reactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thermal and oxidative stability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moisture and volatile content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Composition of multi-component materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decomposition pathways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Can Benefit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These techniques support research across a broad range of fields, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Polymer characterization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Battery materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pharmaceuticals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biomaterials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Composites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catalysts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additive manufacturing materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in using these new systems for your research? Users can request training or full-service analysis through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/ilab\/\">iLab<\/a> or by contacting <a href=\"mailto:Indrani.Bhowmick@colostate.edu\">Indrani.Bhowmick@colostate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARC has expanded its materials characterization capabilities with two new instruments: a PerkinElmer Pyris 9 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA). These systems offer automated sample handling, broad temperature ranges, and advanced software for precise, quantitative thermal analysis, opening the door to a wide range of new research applications. Unique features What Researchers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arc-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}