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Waters Materials Sciences The world leader in thermal analysis, rheology, microcalorimetry, and mechanical testing. A division of Waters Corporation, formerly Waters TA Instruments.

TA Instruments is the world leader in thermal analysis, rheology and microcalorimetry. TA’s reputation for high technology products, quality manufacturing and unbeatable after-sales support is why more customers recommend TA products to their colleagues around the world. Headquartered in New Castle, DE, TA Instruments prides themselves in the technical competence and professionalism that their sales force offers. TA is recognized worldwide for their prompt, courteous and knowledgeable service staff, the hallmark of the company. The technical support group at TA Instruments is committed to handling all of your applications and operational needs, and is available by phone, email and through the internet.

How can microcalorimetry reveal changes in micronized drug powders that X-ray diffraction may not detect? In this applic...
10/23/2026

How can microcalorimetry reveal changes in micronized drug powders that X-ray diffraction may not detect?

In this application note, explore how microcalorimetry can help characterize micronized drug compounds and assess their physical stability.

What you'll find:
- How moisture-induced recrystallization produces distinct heat flow signals
- How relative humidity affects the process
- How batch-to-batch variation can reveal differences in physical stability

Read the full application note here: https://www.tainstruments.com/applications-notes/microcalorimetric-testing-of-physical-stability-of-drugs-in-the-solid-state/?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=social-post&utm_campaign=mc172

Battery safety testing starts at the material level. This eBook walks through 10 real tests from electrodes to foam pads...
10/22/2026

Battery safety testing starts at the material level. This eBook walks through 10 real tests from electrodes to foam pads, plus the methods, data and results.

Explore the experiments performed on each part of the battery including:

• Electrode thermal runaway and gas evolution
• Electrolyte stability, including LiPF6 and low-temperature phase behavior
• Separator shutdown and melt integrity
• Mechanical durability of electrodes and pack materials

Which failure mode worries you most in your current designs: thermal, mechanical, or electrical?

Download the eBook: https://www.tainstruments.com/battery-safety-ebook-download/?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=social-post&utm_campaign=battery-safety-ebook

Heading to PharmSci 360 in New Orleans? Stop by our Booth #1111 to see our small molecule and biologics solutions up cl...
10/21/2026

Heading to PharmSci 360 in New Orleans? Stop by our Booth #1111 to see our small molecule and biologics solutions up close.

We’re bringing the Discovery X3 DSC and the Affinity ITC, plus our SmartSeal pans, to show how calorimetry supports your biotherapeutic development:

• Binding affinity, stoichiometry, and thermodynamic driving forces with the Affinity ITC • Thermal transitions and lyophilization optimization with the Discovery X3 DSC
• Reliable sample prep with SmartSeal pans

From candidate selection to quality control, our experts will be on hand to talk through your characterization challenges.

Explore our biologics solutions: https://www.tainstruments.com/applications/biologics/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Polymer melts experience different deformation conditions throughout processing. The right shear-rate calculation depend...
10/21/2026

Polymer melts experience different deformation conditions throughout processing. The right shear-rate calculation depends on the local geometry, flow rate, and processing stage.

This application note explores shear-rate calculations across injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, and compression molding, including practical considerations for choosing the appropriate calculation.

Read the application note to explore the equations and calculation approaches used when evaluating shear rate in polymer processing: https://www.tainstruments.com/applications-notes/shear-rate-calculations-in-polymer-manufacturing-processes-tb118/?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=social-post&utm_campaign=tb118

Milled lactose and spray-dried lactose can both serve as excipients, but under a rheometer they don’t flow the same way....
10/20/2026

Milled lactose and spray-dried lactose can both serve as excipients, but under a rheometer they don’t flow the same way.

Powder rheology provides insight into flowability, cohesion, compressibility, and how excipients influence powder behavior during mixing, granulation, and tableting.

Explore how these measurements can support powder blend selection and pharmaceutical development, including a look at how processing methods influence lactose flow behavior.

Read the full blog: https://www.tainstruments.com/powder-rheology-for-pharmaceutical-development-blog/?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=social-post&utm_campaign=powder-rheology-for-pharmaceutical-development-blog

We’re heading to the Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, and we’d love to see you there.Booth #2October 25-29, 2026Hilt...
10/19/2026

We’re heading to the Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, and we’d love to see you there.

Booth #2
October 25-29, 2026
Hilton Boston Park Plaza

Stop by to talk rheology with our team, and catch our experts on the program:

Tuesday, Oct 27
• Kevin Whitcomb: Combining strategies to measure atmosphere sensitive polymer melts with rheology (The Loft, 3:45-5:45 PM)

Wednesday, Oct 28
• Keith Coasey: Utilization of Fast Frequency Chirps for the Characterization of Adhesives and Thermal/Structural Equilibration of Hydrogels (Park/Scollay, 3:45-5:45 PM, 20-min talk)
• Behbood Abedi: Ruby Chocolate: Linking Rheology, Tribology, Impedance Spectroscopy to Sensory Function (Copley/Kenmore, 1:30 - 3:10 PM)

Check out our posters while you're there:
• Greg Kamykowski: Chirps on Polymer Melts
• Emre Baburoglu: UV LED Accessory
• Kimberly Dennis: Leveraging Simultaneous Correlated and Transient Data Streams to Characterize Nonlinear Oscillatory Behavior and Edge Fracture in PDMS

Rheology can be a mystery, but our experts are here to help. Stop by to see what’s new and bring your toughest questions. See you there!

What a week at The Battery Show! Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth to see our latest battery testing techno...
10/16/2026

What a week at The Battery Show! Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth to see our latest battery testing technology in action and talk with our team.

Some highlights:

Coin Cell DSC: Our newest instrument debuted with live demos showing complete thermal safety testing of fully assembled 2032 coin cells, no teardown required. Have a look here: https://www.tainstruments.com/coin-cell-dsc/

TGA Smart-Seal Pans: See how to analyze atmosphere-sensitive battery materials on a standard TGA, no glovebox needed. Explore more: https://www.tainstruments.com/tga-5500/ #1603205855311-3-7

Discovery Core Rheometer: Our walk-up rheometer with the RheoGuide interface drew plenty of interest from teams working on electrode slurries and other battery formulations, in both R&D and QC. See the DCR: https://www.tainstruments.com/discovery-core-rheometer/

Live demos and talks:
Thank you to Emre Baburoglu, PhD, Jared Sachs, Hang Kuen Lau, and Jeremy May for sharing their expertise on electrode slurry conductive networks, thermal safety screening, and battery chemistry performance analysis with the BCMS.

Missed us in Detroit, or have questions that came up after the show? We’d love to continue the conversation. Talk to our team: https://www.tainstruments.com/contact/

10/16/2026

Can you get a full frequency sweep in seconds instead of minutes?

In the fourth episode of our Beyond the Basics video series, we break down optimally windowed chirps (OWCh) and show how they can capture frequency-dependent material behavior in a fraction of the time required for traditional frequency sweeps.

Using simple analogies, we explore how chirps, signal processing, and windowing work together to make fast rheology possible.

Watch the full episode here: https://www.tainstruments.com/rheology-simplified/?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=social-post&utm_campaign=beyond-the-basics-ep-4

In three week join us for an exciting 1-day event with experts from MIT, Boston University, and Inkbit focusing on chara...
10/15/2026

In three week join us for an exciting 1-day event with experts from MIT, Boston University, and Inkbit focusing on characterizing everything from electronics design and concrete to adhesives, curing and shape-changing materials.

November 5th, 2026
Waltham, MA

Here is who you’ll hear from:
Will Boley (Boston University): How rheology and DMA guide the design of inks for soft, stretchable liquid-metal haptic devices and shape-changing materials

TJ Wallin (MIT): One-pot orthogonal polymerizations for multimaterial printing, with applications in wearables and robotics

Scott Twiddy (Inkbit): Taking dielectric GRIN lenses from R&D to production

Mohammad Tahmasebi (University of New Hampshire): Characterization and mix design for 3D-printed concrete, from rheology to particle shape

Emre Baburoglu (Waters Materials Sciences): Using rheology to characterize UV curing kinetics

From printed electronics to concrete, hear how characterization drives real-world additive manufacturing results.

Reserve your spot: https://pages.waters.com/2026-Nov-Additive-Manufacturing-From-Material-Design-to-Printed-Performance-Registration.html?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=social-post&utm_campaign=2026-Nov-Additive-Manufacturing-Seminar

Tomorrow! Join Greg Kamykowski and SPE tomorrow, October 16 at 1:00 pm ET for a webinar on Polymer Melt Rheology with Ch...
10/15/2026

Tomorrow! Join Greg Kamykowski and SPE tomorrow, October 16 at 1:00 pm ET for a webinar on Polymer Melt Rheology with Chirps and Correlation with Molecular Architecture and Processability.

You’ll learn how to get more from your melt rheology data, faster. He’ll cover:

• Fundamentals of melt rheology
• Chirps data acquisition
• Data analysis, including master curves, flow curves, and creep and stress relaxation predictions
• Estimating molecular weight and molecular weight distribution from rheological data

Register Now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n4kcDjVqQ8iGU9V9ul8RmA #/registration

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