Kinetics Neo

May 9, 2018. New Kinetics Neo version 1.6.2 is released. Main new feature is the support of two new autocatalytical reaction types in model-based analysis including Kamal-Sourour reaction type. These reaction types are very important and wide used for the analysis of curing process of thermosets.  
Check our Release History page to find out what is new in this version.

May 1-3, 2018. International Exhibition Ceramics Expo, Cleveland, USA. Please visit us at Booth 100. We have live demo presentation of Kinetics Neo in the Product Showcase How to build a simulation model for your firing-program on May, 1st,  11am and May, 3rd, 2pm. We will show how to design your firing process to the optimum with data from thermal analysis and thermokinetic simulation. You’ll learn how to speed up your firing program by up to 60% by using NETZSCH Kinetics Neo with binder burnout, sintering shrinkage and thermal conductivity measurement information.

During each live demo you have the chance to WIN one of the two full versions of our Kinetics Neo software.

April 10-13, 2018. We are proud to present Kinetics Neo at the international Exhibition Ceramitec in Munich. Please visit us in Hall B6, booth #500. We have live demo presentations of the software on April 10-12 at 3 pm and on April 11-13 at 11 am. During each live demo you have the chance to WIN one of the six full versions of our Kinetics Neo software.

February 28, 2018. New Kinetics Neo version 1.5.0 is released. Main new feature is the support of DSC with Diffusion Control including TTT diagram. It is very important for application of curing processes, like curing of thermoset resins.
Check our Release History page to find out what is new in this version.

New user guides how to get started with modelling of Diffusion Controlled processes and creating TTT diagram are added to our "Learn" page.

February 26, 2018. Official video of our well attended webinar "How kinetic simulation can improve your thermosetting curing process" is published. This webinar from Composite Series focuses on the use of Kinetics Neo to simulate the progress of the underlying curing reaction. How to create the necessary data using thermal analysis methods and how to build up a kinetic model will be shown. In the conclusion, predictions for different processing scenarios will be made and the impacts on the curing are presented.

Actual Kinetics Neo version 1.6.2 was released May 2, 2018. Main new feature is the support of two new autocatalytical reaction types in model-based analysis including Kamal-Sourour reaction type.  For mode information check our release history.

The ability to import NETZSCH binary files into Kinetics Neo is planned for release in Q2 2018.

Kinetics, also called reaction kinetics or chemical kinetics, investigates the rates of chemical processes and allows the determination of reaction rates. It also takes the factors that control these rates into consideration. Knowledge about points such as these can give deep insight into the detailed molecular mechanisms behind elementary reactions.

NETZSCH Kinetics Neo software is used to analyze chemical processes. The software allows for the analysis of temperature-dependent processes. The result of such analysis is a kinetics model or method correctly describing experimental data under different temperature conditions. Use of the model allows for predictions of a chemical system’s behavior under user-defined temperature conditions. Alternatively, such models can be used for process optimization.

The software can analyze different types of thermal curves that depict the changes in a given material property measured during a process. Potential data sources include studies using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetry (TGA), Dilatometry (DIL), Dielectric Analysis (DEA) and Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (ARC).

• Determine the amount of time needed for paint to cure;
• Optimize production time for qualitative ceramics;
• Maximize the quality of metal powder product during polymer burnout;
• Check how quickly a pharmaceutical is able to work;
• Optimize a material’s synthesis process when using a new catalyst;
• Find out the curing time for a dental filling.

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) / Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA),
• DSC with Diffusion Control,
• Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) / Thermogravimetry (TG),
• Dilatometry (DIL),
• Dielectric Analysis (DEA),
• Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (ARC).

• Completely rewritten from scratch, this innovative software is based on the latest technologies.
• The improved user interface is fast and easy.
• All model-free and model-based methods are included. The results from all of these methods can be statistically compared with one another.
• The powerful new numerical model-free method ensures fast determination of the best model-free solution.
• Predictions and optimizations can be achieved by means of both model-free and model-based methods.
• A visual kinetic model can be created quickly and easily using the model-based method.
• The kinetic model can contain any number of individual reaction steps in any combination. Reaction steps can be easily added, removed or changed by the user.
• The position of individual reaction steps can be visually adjusted at any time.
• An individual step or the entire kinetic model can be optimized with just a click of the mouse.
• The software provides the formal concentration of each reactant and reaction rate for each reaction step as a function of time or temperature.
• Isothermal crystallization reactions can be analyzed and predicted.

Model-Free Methods allow the activation energy of the reaction process to be found without the assumption of any kinetic model (ASTM E698, ASTM E2890, ASTM E1641, Friedman, Ozawa-Flynn-Wall, KAS, Numeric Optimization).

Model-Based Methods apply powerful cutting-edge mathematical calculations to create the best kinetic model; the different kinetic models can then also be compared statistically.

Predictions — Kinetics Neo is used for simulations and predictions once the experimental data has been described by either model-free or model-based kinetics. Predictions can be calculated for various temperature programs: isothermal, dynamic, multiple step, step-iso, modulated, or adiabatic.

Optimization is based on predictions; the temperature program can be optimized to achieve maximum product quality in the minimum amount of time.

Versions and Feature Comparison

Kinetics Neo runs under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.x, or Windows 7 (either the 32-bit or the 64-bit version). Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.7 or later is required.

Minimal hardware requirements are: Intel i5 or similar CPU, 8 GB RAM. Faster processor (more MHz) and bigger RAM increase calculation speed.