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Apr102025

Why Rheology is Relevant and Accessible: Dispelling 5 Myths About Rheology

Adhesives & Sealants, Batteries & Battery Materials, Food Products, Paints, Inks, & Coatings, Personal Care & Household Products, Polymers, Rheology

Will your paint stick to the wall or drip off? Does your low-fat cream cheese have the same texture as a full-fat version? How will new ingredients affect your formulation’s texture and application, especially as environmental conditions change? Rheology offers invaluable insights that help researchers, developers, and engineers across numerous industries optimize their products for performance and customer satisfaction.

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Sep232024

What Your Material Specification Sheet Doesn’t Tell You

Mechanical Testing, Polymers, Thermal Analysis

When it comes to selecting materials for your next innovative product, the material specification sheet is likely the first place that you will turn. This document provides core properties measured by the manufacturer and serves as an essential tool for supplier verification and new product development. However, while these sheets are reliable and provide a standard method for comparison, they often fail to tell the whole story.

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Nov42024

What is Thermogravimetric Analysis?

Composites, Fine & Specialty Chemicals, Food Products, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Thermal Analysis

A testament to the march of scientific inquiry, thermogravimetry emerged through the integration of three individual inventions in the 19th and 20th centuries: the electric furnace, the thermocouple, and the microbalance. As a cornerstone of material science, chemistry, and various other industries, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) has since developed in leaps and bounds. Today, TA Instruments are leading the way in TGA, and we welcome you to join us as we explore the workings and applications of this groundbreaking technique.

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Feb72022

What is Differential Scanning Calorimetry?

Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Thermal Analysis

Differential scanning calorimetry is an analytical technique used to measure the amount of heat released or absorbed by a sample during heating or cooling over a range of temperature. As well as being used to characterize the thermal properties of a material, a differential scanning calorimeter is used to determine the temperature at which particular phase transitions occur, including glass transition temperature, fusion and crystallization events.

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Jan312022

What are Rheometry and Rheology?

Food Products, Paints, Inks, & Coatings, Polymers, Rheology

Whether researchers are optimizing the texture of yogurt or studying adhesives’ curing, rheometry helps us understand materials and predict their behavior. Rheometry measures the amount of deformation a material or liquid undergoes when a force is applied. The combination of stress, strain and shear behavior forms the basis of rheology, the science of the deformation of materials.

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Sep302024

Viscometer vs Rheometer: Discover Why a Rheometer Offers More Than Just Viscosity Measurement

Polymers, Rheology

If you’re working with materials that can be flowed, for example within pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, or petrochemical industries, it’s likely that there is a viscometer in the laboratory that is the go-to instrument for formulation testing or QA purposes. However, does this viscometer give you the whole picture and fully meet all your needs?

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Dec192024

Understanding Storage and Loss Modulus with TA Instruments

Batteries & Battery Materials, Composites, Mechanical Testing, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Rheology, Thermal Analysis

In the world of material science, understanding the viscoelastic properties of materials is crucial for developing and optimizing products. Two key parameters in this context are storage modulus (E’ or G’) and loss modulus (E” or G”). These parameters provide insights into a material’s stiffness and damping characteristics, respectively, which are essential for applications ranging from polymers and pharmaceuticals to batteries and composites.

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Jan232025

The Importance of Fatigue Testing: Prevent Product Failures Early

The Importance of Fatigue Testing: Prevent Product Failures Early

Composites, Engineered Materials, Mechanical Testing, Polymers, Rubber

From faster prototyping to ensuring long-term performance, fatigue testing is a critical step in product development across a variety of industries that rely on high-performance materials, like polymers, rubber compounds, and composites. When done properly, fatigue testing accelerates development by helping engineers make informed decisions about prototypes and designs.

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Jun202022

Rheology of Hydrogels

Elastomers, Polymers, Rheology

Hydrogels are three-dimensional porous strctures that can absorb large amounts of water. They can be made up of polymers, protein, peptides, colloids, surfactants, or lipids.1 Hydrogels’ ability to uptake large amounts of water is useful for many biological applications, including drug delivery and tissue engineering. Since a hydrogels’ properties change as it absorbs water, scientists must accurately characterize its behavior at different saturation amounts and in varying conditions.

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Mar12022

Post-consumer Resin Legislation: What Polymer Developers Need to Know

Polymers, Rheology, Thermal Analysis

From fresh steak to new phones, the goods we buy are usually wrapped in one thing: plastic. And plastic dominates how we pack and store products for good reason – it is lightweight, cost-efficient, and durable. Plastic helps us transport and receive goods in perfect condition, thus reducing food waste and preventing damaged goods from heading to landfills.

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Apr182025

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Polymer Rheology: Unlocking Insights with the Hybrid Rheometer

Blog Applications, Blog Techniques, Polymers, Rheology

Polymer rheology plays a critical role in understanding the flow behavior and viscoelastic properties of polymers across the supply chain. Whether in polymer manufacturing, compounding, conversion, or recycling, precise rheological measurements are essential for optimizing processing conditions, ensuring product quality, and preventing defects.

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Mar282022

Optimization of Catalytic Reactions by High-Pressure TGA

Batteries & Battery Materials, Ceramics, Electronic Materials & Products, Engineered Materials, Fine & Specialty Chemicals, Glass Products, Inorganics - Minerals, Inorganics - Other, Metals Products, Oils, Lubricants, & Fluids, Organic Chemicals & Products, Percarbonates, Petroleum Products, Polymers, Thermal Analysis

Catalytic reactions are everywhere: from plastics and bread to over 90% of all chemicals worldwide, countless goods and materials are manufactured with the aid of catalysts.1 Catalysts are substances that speed up sluggish chemical reactions. Faster reactions are more technologically and economically competitive. Furthermore, optimized catalysts offer a huge potential to reduce energy and resource consumption and lower carbon dioxide emissions.

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