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Polymer Characterization Facility

Thermal / Mechanical Analysis

Location: Room 7, LRSM Building
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew R. McGhie, 215/898-6461
e-mail: mcghie@lrsm.upenn.edu

 

Polymer CharacterizationThe materials characterization facility has been created primarily to serve the needs of the polymer IRG. It contains thermal analysis equipment and FTIR ,

  • TA Instruments 4100 Thermal Analyzer with the following modules
    • 2960 STD simultaneous TG/DTA
    • 2920 Differential Scanning Calorimeter with modulated DSC
  • Pfeiffer Thermostar Mass Spectrometer.
  • Perkin Elmer 2000 FTIR
Instrumentation: 
  1. TA Instruments 4100 Thermal Analyzer
Facility URL: 
http://www.lrsm.upenn.edu/facilities/fac_PC.html
MRFN Facility URL: 
https://mrfn.org/facilities/laboratory-research-structure-matter/polymer-charact…