FocusOn: Thermal Analysis Short Course, May 11, 2009

A short course on Thermal Analysis and Thermophysical Properties Measurement of Ceramic and Refractory Materials will be held May 11 at the NETZSCH Instruments Inc. corporate headquarters in Burlington, Mass., in cooperation with the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Course registration is $375 for ACerS members and $465 for non-members.

NETZSCH Instruments Inc., a leading company in the thermoanalytical field, is sponsoring the course. Emphasizing the characterization of ceramic and refractory materials, lectures will cover analysis techniques like the Laser Flash Method for measurement of Thermal Diffusivity, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Expansion by Dilatometry, Specific Heat by DSC, and the coupling of Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) with MS/FTIR for evolved gas analysis.

To register, please visit http://www.ceramics.org/ShortCourses/registration.aspx#Thermal.

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