TA Instruments Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer based on a combined motor and transducer design, uses advanced, non-contact, linear motors to control stress and measures strain with a highly sensitive optical encoder. Unit has ability to provide tension, compression, 3-point bend, dual cantilever, single cantilever, and shear sandwich modes of deformation. In addition, it can accommodate submersion clamps (tension and 3-pint bend) with fluid reservoirs that eliminate the need to invert the instrument to perform submersion studies.
TA Instruments Q200 Temperature-Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter accommodating a photocalorimeter accessory (PCA). MDSC is able to separate the “total” heat flow into two parts: the heat flow from the heat capacity(reversible) effect that usually comes from glass transition relaxation or crystal melting; and the heat flow from the non-heat capacity(non-reversible) effect that usually comes from enthalpic relaxation or cold crystallization. As a result one can get more information (especially from time-dependent thermal events) than by conventional DSC. In addition, the pseudo-isothermal MDSC capabilities using the photocalorimeter accessory on the TA Instruments equipment allows one to monitor the isothermal heat capacity before and after exposure to visible light.