FAQ

TGA

Problem: Sample has gotten onto thermocouple and/or wire (example on right).

Solution: Do not touch the wire or the thermocouple. Notify others who are set to reserve TGA time after you. Run furnace at a ramp rate of 5°C/min from room temperature to 700°C. If sample contamination is still on thermocouple and/or wire, notify magross@umass.edu.

Problem: Sample pan will not unload and is hanging on wire. 

Solution: Do not touch the wire. Carefully remove TGA pan from wire using tweezers while avoiding pulling at the wire. If this keeps occurring to you, this might be time to get a new TGA pan. Check to with a new pan that the TGA can unload/load. (Go to computer, click load a sample pan, observe TGA pick it up, then click unload a sample pan). If it won't successfully do so with a new sample pan or you can't remove the TGA pan without moving the wire, notify magross@umass.edu.