Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) measures the mechanical properties of materials as a function of time, temperature, and frequency. In addition to basic material properties, DMA also quantifies finished part characteristics, reflecting the important contribution that processing has on end-use performance. DMA is commonly used to measure glass transition temperatures and secondary transitions, orientation caused by processing, cold crystallization, cure optimization, filler effects in composites, and much more. DMA provides an accurate measure of material stiffness (modulus) but also other important mechanical properties such as damping, creep, and stress relaxation.
The Q800 is the world’s best selling dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA) due to its state-of-the-art technology. Excellent in applications of analysis of relative humidity, but not limited as the DMA is used in verification of ideal material behaviour with many other opportunities for experimentation.
David Race | |
david.race@ncl.ac.uk |