TGA	DTA	DSC	DMTA	DETA	TMA	Minimat
weight loss	melt temperature	melt temperature	modulus	dielectric constant	thermal expansion	modulus
moisture		heat capacity	compliance			stress relaxation
		heat of fusion	viscosity			stress optical
		purity	rheology	rheology	rheology	rheology
	glass transition	glass transition	glass transition	glass transition	glass transition	glass transition
	state-of-cure	state-of-cure	state-of-cure	state-of-cure
		cure kinetics	cure kinetics	cure kinetics		creep
			tan δ	tan δ		birefringence
	crystallisation	crystallisation	crystallisation	crystallisation	crystallisation
chemical composition	chemical composition	chemical composition
catalyst activity	catalyst activity	catalyst activity
thermal stability	thermal stability	thermal stability
chemical stability	chemical stability	chemical stability
	oxidative stability	oxidative stability
decomposition kinetics	decomposition kinetics	decomposition kinetics
		polymer compatibility	polymer compatibility	polymer compatibility

• TGA: ThermoGravimetric Analysis measures weight changes in a material as a function of temperature (or time) under a controlled atmosphere to determine the thermal stability and composition.
• DTA: (Differential Thermal Analysis) and DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) measure the thermal transitions in materials by monitoring temperatures and heat flows.
  DTA is qualitative while DSC is quantitative.  Glass transition temperatures, phase changes, heat capacity, cure kinetics and thermal degradation can be monitored by these techniques.   Modulated DSC can be both faster and more accurate.
• DMTA: Dynamic Thermo-Mechanical Analysis measures the mechanical properties of materials under stress as a function of time, temperature, and frequency.
• DETA: Dynamic Electrical Thermal Analysis measures the electrical properties of materials as a function of time, temperature, and frequency.
• TMA: Thermo-Mechanical Analysis measures the change in dimensions or in a mechanical property of the sample while it is subjected to a temperature regime.
• Minimat is a miniature materials testing apparatus.
• STA: Simultaneous application of TGA and DSC to a single sample to yield more information than separate tests in different instruments.