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Overview 242 – 243
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Good Thermal Analysis Practice 244 – 245
Thermal Analysis Excellence and Premium 246 – 248
Thermal Analysis Options 249
Hot-Stage Microscopy Systems 250

METTLER TOLEDO sets

the standards
in Thermal Analysis,
just like with its
world-class balances
Overview

Materials Characterization
Thermal Analysis and Hot-Stage Microscopy

DSC
Differential
Scanning
Calorimetry
The METTLER TOLEDO thermal analysis DSC determines the enthal-
Excellence and Excellence Premium pies associated with tran-
lines offer tailor-made solutions for sitions and reactions and
academic and industrial applications. the temperatures at which
The unrivalled performance and inno- these processes occur.
vative technology will propel you to the
forefront of your field and guarantee
you the highest level of Swiss quality,
accuracy and efficiency.

Features and benefits:

• Modular concept – tailor-made solu-
tions for current and future needs
• High performance instruments –
accurate analysis of a wide variety
of samples
• High-level competence and support
– training courses and applications
DSC
literature fosters knowledge sharing
and growth
• Service – prompt response and main-
tenance contracts guarantee maximum
system uptime

Hot-stage microscopy yields a wealth of

information that is complementary to the
data obtained from the thermal analysis.
This often greatly facilitates the interpre-
tation of results.

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Flash DSC
Flash Differential
Scanning
Calorimetry
Flash DSC is the ideal
addition for characterizing
modern materials and
optimizing production
processes by thermal
analysis.
Flash DSC
TGA and TGA/DSC
Thermo-
Gravimetric
Analysis
TGA/DSC measures sam-
ple weight as a function
of temperature. It is used
to perform compositional
analysis or investigate the
reaction kinetics of your
sample.
TGA and TGA/DSC
Overview
DMA and TMA Hot-Stage
Dynamic Mechanical Microscopy
Analysis and Thermo Thermal Optical
Mechanical Analysis Analysis
DMA and TMA are used to Hot-stage microscopy is
measure the mechanical widely used for the visual
and viscoelastic properties characterization of all kind
of materials as a function of of thermal transitions.
temperature, time and fre-
quency.
DMA and TMA
Hot-Stage Microscopy
Good Thermal Analysis Practice

5 Steps to Excellence 5
Full Life-Cycle Support Routine
Operation
1
Evaluation

METTLER TOLEDO offers comprehensive

support for all of the 5 steps of Good Thermal
Analysis Practice. This not only ensures that
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2
Training Selection
you invest in the most suitable equipment and
services, but also that you operate your
3
system correctly, thereby minimizing errors Installation
and improving performance. & Qualification

GTAP™ supports you in fulfilling your requirements from

the beginning. It allows you to make the right decisions
during the entire life-cycle of your system.
• Enables compliance with regulations
• Ensures consistent and accurate results
• Increases productivity at lower costs
• Makes sure users are professionally trained

DQ IQ/OQ EduPac
Design Qualification Installation & Qualification Education Package

The Design Qualification helps
you to define your current and fu-
ture requirements together with
our consultant in order to select
the most suitable system for your
application and protect your in-
vestment for the future.
The Installation and Operational
Qualification processes are per-
formed carefully and guarantee
that the equipment does what it
is intended to do. Detailed docu-
mentation with a professionally
executed qualification procedure
ensures conformity and estab-
lishes complete traceability from
the very start.
Under the watchful eye of our
specialist, this training package
helps you familiarize yourself
with the instrument and learn effi-
cient operation through practical
exercises.
• Configuration of the system
• Setting up experiments
• Measuring your samples
• Evaluation and interpretation of
the curves
Preventive Maintenance
Your system should be tested
and calibrated regularly to ensure
that it consistently meets your
predefined requirements.
METTLER TOLEDO offers various
calibration services.
Calibration Evaluate Process Risks
METTLER TOLEDO offers preven- Perform your own laboratory Thermal Analysis
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Your system will be systematic- www.mt.com/ta-riskcheck
ally inspected to detect and
correct potential failures before
they occur.
Thermal Analysis Excellence and Premium

The STAR e System – the Flexible Solution

Select the Right Thermal Analysis Module

A sound investment. You begin with the instrument configuration that meets
your current needs. Later on, you can upgrade the system with options or
accessories to satisfy your new requirements. It’s a sound investment,
whatever you decide on.

Modular Design STARe

Software
The STAR e software is designed around the powerful basic
software, which consists of the Evaluation and Module
Control Windows and a simplified Installation Window.
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Robot Robo t
Robot
The software can easily be expanded to support new
Flash
Flas h
DSC
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TMA DMA
DMA HS
applications or instruments. DSC
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Features and benefits of the STAR e Excellence Software:

• Unlimited evaluation possibilities – enormous flexibility
• Reliable automation – high sample throughput with result assessment dramatically improves efficiency
• Integrated database – guarantees highest level of data security
• 21 CFR Part 11 compliance – supports user level management and electronic signatures
• Modular concept – tailor-made solutions for current and future needs
• Easy and intuitive operation – saves time in training and in daily use

STAR e
Thermal Analysis Software

Multi
Module
Operation
Routine
MaxRes
Window
Relative Method
Loop Window
Conditional
Experiment
Experiment
Termination Window
21 CFR 11
User
Rights Quality
Server Model Control
Mode Free TOPEM
Concurrent LIMS Kinetics
Users

Kinetics
nth Order

The powerful and versatile STAR e

software provides unrivalled
flexibility and unlimited evalua-
tion possibilities.
DSC
The DSC utilizes an innovative
sensor with a patented star-
shaped arrangement of 120
thermocouples that guarantees
unmatched sensitivity and reso-
lution.
DSC features and benefits:
• Amazing sensitivity – for the
measurement of weak effects
• Outstanding resolution –
allows measurement of rapid
changes and closelying events
• Efficient automation – reliable
sample robot for high sample
throughput
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HP DSC
For material testing, process
development or quality control
there is often no alternative to
DSC measurements under pres-
sure. Measurements performed
under pressure expand the pos-
sibilities of thermal analysis.
HP DSC features and benefits:
• Shorter analysis time – higher
pressure and temperature
accelerate reactions
• Measurement under process
conditions – simulation of
practical reaction environments
• Better interpretation – effects
can be separated by suppress-
ing vaporization
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Flash DSC
Flash DSC revolutionizes rapid-
scanning DSC. Flash DSC allows
the user to analyze reorganization
processes that were previously
impossible to measure. Flash
DSC is the ideal complement to
conventional DSC.
Flash DSC features and benefits:
• Ultra-high heating rates –
reduce measurement times
and suppress reorganization
processes
• Ultra-high cooling rates – allow
materials with defined structural
properties to be prepared
• Fast response sensor – enables
the kinetics of extremely fast
reactions or crystallization pro-
cesses to be studied
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Thermal Analysis Excellence and Premium
TGA and TGA/DSC
The TGA and TGA/DSC instruments
are equipped with a top-of-the-line
METTLER TOLEDO ultramicro bal-
ance with unique built-in calibra-
tion ring weights for unparalleled
accuracy.
TGA and TGA/DSC features:
• Efficient automation – reliable
sample robot for high sample
throughput
• METTLER TOLEDO ultramicro
balance – rely on the balance
technology leader
• DSC heat flow measurement –
for simultaneous detection of
thermal events
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TMA
The Thermomechanical Analyzer
incorporates Swiss precision
mechanics and features nanome-
ter resolution to measure the very
smallest dimensional changes.
TMA features and benefits:
• Nanometer resolution – allows
very small changes to be
measured
• Dynamic load TMA (DLTMA
mode) – measures weak tran-
sitions and elasticity
• SDTA – simultaneous measure-
ment of thermal effects
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DMA
The Dynamic Mechanical Ana-
lyzer (DMA) with its revolutionary
technology offers previously unat-
tained performance and time-
saving external sample loading.
DMA features and benefits:
• Wide force range from 1 mN to
40 N – allows very soft and very
hard samples to be measured
• Frequency range from 1 mHz
to 1 kHz – means that mea-
surements can be performed
under real conditions or more
rapidly at higher frequencies
• Innovative sample holders –
permit samples to be prepared
and loaded externally
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 Thermal Analysis Options

Extremely wide application range

Thermal analysis is firmly established as a method for the characterization
of physical and chemical properties of materials in many different fields.

Materials characterization by DSC Flash TGA TMA DMA

DSC

Physical properties
Melting/crystallization • • • •
Enthalpy of crystallization • •
Solid fat index •
Purity determination •
Vaporization / drying • •
Sorption and desorption •
Glass transition • • • •
Specific heat capacity • •
Expansion coefficient, shrinkage behavior •
Polymorphism, crystalline transitions • • •
Liquid-crystalline transitions • •
Viscoelastic behavior, elastic modulus • • www.mt.com/ta-usercoms
Chemical changes
Decomposition, pyrolysis • • •
Oxidation, stability • • •
Curing, vulcanization, gelation • • •
Dehydration • • •
Denaturation • •
Swelling and foaming • •
Reaction process, reaction enthalpy and kinetics • • •

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Crucibles and sensors for thermal analysis

Crucibles serve as containers for Part no. Crucible type Quantity Volume Max. Max. for for
samples during thermoanalytical in uL pressure tempera- DSC TGA
in MPa ture in °C
measurements. The type of crucible 51119810 Aluminum crucible light 100 20 0.2 640 • •
used for a measurement can have 00026763 Aluminum crucible standard 100 40 0.2 640 •
a large effect on the quality of the 51140407 Copper crucible 100 40 750 • •
51140842 Platinum crucible small 4 30 1600 • •
results obtained, and in addition,
51119654 Platinum crucible medium 4 70 1600 • •
also influences important charac- 00027220 Gold crucible 6 40 0.25 750 • •
teristics of the DSC measuring cell. 00029990 Medium pressure crucible 25 120 2 250 •
In Flash DSC, the sample is placed 51140405 Reusable, gold plated high
3 30 15 350 •
pressure crucible
directly onto the MultiSTAR chip
00026731 High pressure crucible 25 40 15 750 •
sensor. The patented dynamic 51140845 Sapphire crucible medium 4 70 2000 •
power compensation control circuit 51140843 Alumina crucible small 20 30 2000 •
allows measurements to be per- 00024123 Alumina crucible medium 20 70 2000 •
00024124 Alumina crucible large 20 150 2000 *
formed with minimum noise level
51119960 Alumina crucible large 4 900 2000 *
at high heating and cooling rates.
* only with large furnace

For more crucibles please see

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or ask for the crucible brochure.
Hot-Stage Microscopy Systems

Hot-Stage Microscopy Systems

Seeing is Believing

The hot-stage microscopy is a powerful tool that is widely used for the visual characteri-
zation of all kind of thermal transitions. The possibility of directly observing morphological
changes in a sample as it is heated or cooled is of enormous value. Changes in the shape,
structure and color of crystals are seen as well as their size and number. The technique
allows phase transitions to be characterized and provides infor-mation on expansion and
shrinkage behavior.

Features and benefits: Choice of thermal events and operations

• Imaging possibilities – allow polymorphic which can be defined using the HS82/HS84
transitions to be studied visually
Industry Thermal events HS82 HS84
• Closed furnace design – guarantees excellent Pharmaceutical, pet- Melting characteristics
temperature control rol, food, cosmetics, • •
academia
• High sensitivity – optical sensitivity is not
Pharmaceuticals, Polymorphism
influenced by the heating or cooling rates food, cosmetics • •

Chemicals, cosmetics Liquid crystal transitions • •

Polymers, pharma- Crystallization and
• •
ceuticals nucleation
Chemicals, petrol Cloud point •
Chemicals, academia, Purity
•
test laboratories
Pharmaceuticals, Decomposition tem-
• •
chemicals, polymers perature
Polymers Curing •
Pharmaceuticals, Reaction and transfor-
polymers, chemicals, mation enthalpy
•
academia, test labo-
ratories
Forensic science Oil immersion / tem-
perature variation •
method

The HS82 hot-stage microscopy system is an easy-to-use and precise thermal measuring cell for visual sample
observation. The HS84 hot-stage microscopy system allows DSC heat flow measurements in addition. Two dif-
ferent software packages allow evaluation of heat flow or video image capture.

Image at 100 °C Image at 90 °C