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Thermal Infrared & Optical Analysis

Understanding how materials respond to heat, stress, and optical stimuli is critical to evaluating their stability and performance. At Materials Metric, our Thermal, Infrared & Optical Analysis services combine thermo-mechanical testing, infrared spectroscopy, and non-contact optical imaging to provide a complete thermal–structural profile of materials.

These techniques enable simultaneous evaluation of phase transitions, degradation behavior, surface deformation, and heat distribution, offering valuable insights for R&D, failure analysis, and process optimization.

Differential scanning calorimetry instrument used for thermal analysis

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) identifies thermal transitions, such as Tg, melting, crystallization, curing, and thermal stability, by measuring heat flow during controlled heating or cooling. Materials Metric provides precise, publication-grade DSC testing with expert interpretation for polymers, biomaterials, composites, pharmaceuticals, and adhesives.

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Thermogravimetric analysis instrument used for mass loss and thermal stability testing

Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) measures changes in material mass during heating, providing insight into thermal stability, decomposition pathways, moisture content, and filler loading. Materials Metric offers high-resolution TGA analysis with expert interpretation for polymers, composites, biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and coatings.

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Thermo-Mechanical Analysis TMA instrument used for measuring material expansion, deformation, and dimensional stability under controlled temperature conditions

Thermo-Mechanical Analysis (TMA)

Thermo-Mechanical Analysis (TMA) measures dimensional changes in materials during controlled heating, cooling, or applied load. Materials Metric provides precise CTE, softening behavior, and thermal deformation data for polymers, composites, films, medical devices, electronic materials, and engineered structures.

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Dynamic Mechanical Analysis DMA instrument used to evaluate viscoelastic properties, storage modulus, loss modulus, and damping behavior of materials across temperature and frequency ranges

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) measures viscoelastic properties of materials by applying oscillatory deformation under variable temperature or frequency. Materials Metric provides high-sensitivity DMA characterization for polymers, composites, adhesives, biomaterials, and medical device components.

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Fourier Transform Infrared FTIR spectroscopy instrument used for chemical identification, functional group analysis, and material composition characterization

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy identifies functional groups, chemical structures, and molecular bonding by measuring infrared absorption. Materials Metric provides high-quality ATR, transmission, and KBr-pellet FTIR testing with expert interpretation for polymers, biomaterials, coatings, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.

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Infrared thermography IR imaging instrument used for non-contact thermal mapping, temperature distribution analysis, and heat flow assessment in materials and devices

Infrared Thermography (IR Imaging)

Infrared Thermography (IR Imaging) provides non-contact temperature mapping and defect detection by capturing infrared radiation emitted from surfaces. Materials Metric offers high-resolution IR imaging for thermal uniformity, defectdetection, delamination, hotspots, and material performance assessment.

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Light interferometry and optical profilometry instrument used for non-contact surface topography, roughness measurement, and three-dimensional surface profiling

Light Interferometry & Optical Profilometry

Light Interferometry and Optical Profilometry provide non-contact, high-resolution measurement of surface roughness, waviness, step height, and 3D topography. Materials Metric offers precision surface characterization for polymers, metals, biomaterials, coatings, electronics, and microfabricated structures.

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Four-point probe measurement system used for electrical resistivity testing

Four-Point Probe Analysis

Four-Point Probe Analysis provides precise measurement of sheet resistance, resistivity, and conductivity in thin films, coatings, electrodes, conductive polymers, and semiconductor wafers. Materials Metric offers accurate electrical characterization with expert interpretation for electronics, energy materials, sensors, and advanced coatings.al resistivity and conductivity changes under variable thermal conditions.

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Thermal analysis system configured for heat transfer and material property evaluation

Thermophysical Property Testing

Thermophysical property testing quantifies how materials store, transfer, and radiate heat, as well as how mass and structure influence thermal behavior. These properties govern a material’s response to temperature gradients, heat flux, and thermal cycling, and are fundamental inputs for thermal modeling, energy balance calculations, and performance prediction.

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