Advancing TGA Testing of Water-Sensitive Battery Materials with Smart-Seal Technology

Thursday, July 24, 2025
11:00 AM EST | 8:00 AM PST

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring innovative solutions for testing highly reactive advanced materials—without the need for a glovebox. Learn how a novel approach to thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is simplifying workflows in both research and industry.

Key Topics Covered:

Challenges with Reactive Materials
Understand the handling and testing limitations of materials such as batteries and pharmaceuticals that are sensitive to air and moisture.

The Limitations of Gloveboxes
Discover why installing test instrumentation in gloveboxes is often inefficient and problematic..

Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
Learn how TGA provides critical insights into material stability, composition, and degradation.

Introducing the TGA Smart-Seal Pan
Explore a new, hermetic sample pan featuring shape-memory technology that:
  • Automatically opens inside the inert TGA furnace
  • Eliminates the need for glovebox-based sample preparation
  • Enhances efficiency and reliability in reactive material testing
Applications and Benefits
See real-world use cases and performance data demonstrating how this innovation simplifies workflows while maintaining data integrity.



Meet the Speaker


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Gray Slough

Principal Applications Scientist

Gray Slough is currently a Principal Applications Scientist at TA Instruments. Dr. Slough received his BS in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Virginia in 1990. He joined TA Instruments in 1998 as an Applications Scientist. Within the Thermal Products group, he works to help define and develop the thermal analysis product line at TA and provides technical support to both internal and external customers.

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