Linear Viscoelastic Region: Why It’s Crucial in Materials Testing

Engineered Materials, Food Products, Mechanical Testing, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Rheology

Our world is brimming with viscoelastic materials: The dough you knead before baking a fresh loaf, the Silly Putty your toddler slaps against the wall, the rubber gaskets that create an airtight seal on an airplane door. Testing those materials by applying controlled deformations (strains) or forces (stresses) at various timescales, temperatures, and/or humidities allows for the optimization of properties and ensures durability and safety.

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.