Our ESMAT platform is equipped with 14 high-tech devices to meet all requirements in thermal analysis and calorimetry. It is possible to monitor the behavior of solids, bulk materials, and powders subjected to controlled temperature and gas pressure conditions.
The platform has various devices used notably to measure mass variation, quantities of heat exchanged by the solid, or other material characteristics (dimension, crystalline structure, adsorbed species, etc.) during transformation.
Application areas: energy, environment, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, nuclear industry, metallurgy, mechanics…
Equipment
Thermogravimetry (TG), calorimetry, and TG/DSC and TG/DTA couplings: measurement of mass and heat flow by precisely controlling temperature and gas pressure.
- 3 Setaram TAG 24 symmetrical thermobalances (20°C to 1750°C, gas or water vapor flow)
- Setaram ATD/TG 92 thermobalance (20°C to 1750°C, gas flow)
- Setaram MTB 10-8 thermobalance (20°C to 100°C, vacuum or water vapor)
- Setaram Setsys thermobalance (20°C to 1200°C, gas flow)
- Netzch TG 209 thermobalance (20°C to 1000°C, gas flow)
- Setaram Sensys Evo TGA/DSC (20°C to 830°C, gas or water vapor flow)
- Mettler Toledo DSC 1 TGA/DSC (20°C to 1500°C, gas flow)
- Setaram DSC 131 (-30°C to 700°C, gas flow)
Dilatometry: determination of shrinkage rate during material sintering, measurements of volumetric and thermal expansion coefficients.
- Setaram TMA 92 Dilatometer 20°C to 1750°C, gas flow.
Temperature-programmed thermodesorption: study of adsorbed species on the surface
- Thermodesorption device 20°C to 1000°C
Mass spectrometry coupling: online gas analysis
- Infrared Spectroscopy,
- Mass Spectrometry
Innovative couplings developed at LGF
- Thermogravimetric analysis-acoustic emission: monitoring emissive structural defects
- Thermogravimetric analysis-electric field: influence of the electric field on oxidation kinetics
