THETA regulation and testing regimes include temperature, Karl Fischer H2O and ion concentration determination as well as physical property (e.g. acid-base resistance, external weathering) and functionality (e.g. photo-catalysis and conductivity). Equipment available for testing includes:
- Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
- Tunnelling Electron Microscopy
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- X-ray Diffraction
- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- UV-visible light Spectroscopy
- Infrared Spectroscopy
- Atomic Absorption
- White Light Interferometry
- L.a.b. colour analysis
- Contact angle goniometry
- Tensile Testing
- Taber abrasion and scratch testing
- Gas sensor testing
- Microbiological survival trials.
