Kinetics Neo

News Archive 

August, 28 -31, 2023. NETZSCH had two presentations on 7th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC7)  in Brno, Czech Republic. The first one is New NETZSCH Software for Thermal Simulation of Chemical Reactions in Big Volumes where Termica Neo Software will be presented live. The second is Selection of Kinetic Method for analysis of Decomposition, Curing and Crystallization of Polymers by NETZSCH Kinetics Neo Software. 
Conference Abstracts can be downloaded from here.

July 31 - August 3, 2023. NETZSCH has two talks on 49th Annual NATAS conference in Rockville, USA. We presented our new software Termica Neo for thermal simulation of chemical processes in big volumes and made live demonstration of the software. The applications of Termica Neo were presented in the sections of high energetic materials and in the kinetic section. 
Please have a look at the Conference abstracts.

April 28, 2023. New application "Thermal Behavior and Pyrolysis Kinetics of Olive Stone Residue" by T. Asimakidou and K. Chrissafis, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece is added to our Applications. Comprehensive kinetic analysis of pyrolysis process using of both Vyazovkin model free method and multi-step modelling method.

February 27, 2023. New article by Alusio A.Cabral et al. "Effect of the milling conditions on the decomposition kinetics of gibbsite" is published (free download link). The work studies the influence of particle size on decomposition kinetics.  The article is added to the sections Literature (TGA)  and Applications (Sintering).

February 17, 2023. New Application Kinetics Neo Software to Predict Curing Reactions (Phenol formaldehyde) is added to our Applications.

February 7, 2023. Webinar Kinetic Methods for TD24 in Thermal Risk Assessment of Chemical Processes was held by Dr. Elena Moukhina. In this webinar we have considered the different methods used by NETZSCH for calculation of critical temperatures like TD24, from linear and non-linear approaches to accurate calculation using Kinetics Neo software. This is the very important parameter for safe chemical processes.

January 24, 2023. New Kinetics Neo version 2.6.7 is released. This version is a minor release with improved stability after some updates  of hardware drivers. Details are in Release History.

November 28, 2022. New Blog article about using Kinetics Neo in chemical industrial processes based on exothermal reactions: Thermal Risk Assessment in Chemical Processes: Kinetics Methods for TD24.

November 16, 2022. New Kinetics Neo version 2.6.6 is released. This version has improved simulation at very high temperatures for multi-step consecutive reactions having low-temperature reaction steps. Other improvements and bug fixes are also added: see details in our Release History.

November 15, 2022. Webinar “Selection of Suitable Kinetic Methods and Models by means of Kinetics Neo Software" was held by Dr. Elena Moukhina. In this Webinar the different model-free and model-based methods were compared. The rules about finding the most suitable kinetic method for the different kinetic processes like decomposition, curing, crystallization or sintering of materials were discussed. The selection of the correct kinetic model and reaction type was presented. The unique features of this state-of the art software for different kinetic processes were also demonstrated. 

Video: YouTube .
PDF: download.

September 5, 2022. Blog article about Kinetics Neo application for epoxy resin from our customer Prof. Dr. Ing. Sascha Englich from Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin: Epoxy Resins – Reactive Polymers as a Basis for Injection-Moldable Compounds .

August 4, 2022. Dr. Elena Moukhina has held several talks on 48th Annual NATAS conference in Cleveland, USA. In this year our highlight was Kinetic Analysis and Simulation of Non-Isothermal Crystallization Rate of Polymers by Kinetics Neo. Other talks were about decomposition, curing of polymers and the application of Kinetics Neo for Additive Manufacturing.

Juni 6, 2022, 11:50-12:10 The lecture "3D Printing: Crystallization Kinetics of Polyamide 12 during Selective Laser Sintering" on 33rd  International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization (ISPAC) in Milan, Italy will be held by Dr. Elena Moukhina. Kinetics Neo software provides a solution for improved understanding and quality assurance of the SLS process with Polyamide 12.

March 23, 2022. Webinar “Kinetics for Polymers – Decomposition, Curing and Crystallization by Kinetics Neo"  (PDF, recorded video) was held by Dr. Elena Moukhina. In this Webinar Kinetics Neo was presented as the state-of the art software containing all recommended by ICTAC approaches and methods for kinetic analysis. We have demonstrated the unique features of the software for the different processes in polymers.

March 2, 2022. New Kinetics Neo Version 2.6.1 is released. The name of SBC reaction type in model-based analysis is corrected.  Correct name is: SbC – Sbirrazzuoli Crystallization (Sestak-Berggren + Hoffman-Lauritzen). Initial parameters for SB model are also adjusted to have better initial fit.

February 23, 2022. Webinar "Polymer Crystallization Behavior - Easy to Understand by Means of the Kinetics Neo Software" was held by Dr. Elena Moukhina. Presentation File (PDF) and recorded video are added. To see the video in full screen, click on "Vimeo" at bottom right side.

February 16, 2022. New Kinetics Neo version 2.6.0 is released. Two new Reaction typesReaction type is the elementary mechanism of one individual reaction step in multi-step chemical reaction. Reaction type f(Cr, Cp) describes dependence of the reaction rate for individual reaction step on the concentrations of reactant Cr and product Cp for this step.reaction types for crystallization in model-based analysis are added: SB (Sestak-Berggren, chemical reaction with crystal building) and SBC (Sestak-Berggren Crystallization, polymer crystallization from the melt). The customers working with "heavy" crucibles or "heavy" instruments now can use new DSC deconvolution (“DSC correction”, "DSC desmearing") feature built in in the Kinetics Neo.

According wishes of many customers we have implement also the possibility to switch On (enable) or Off (disable) selected source data files used in the kinetic analysis.

January 7, 2022. Glossary of important terms is added.

January 5, 2022. 5 new articles where scientists use Kinetics Neo are added to the TGA section of our literature list.

November 2nd, 2021, 10:30 - 11:15 AM (EST) Dr. Elena Moukhina will held the lecture "Polymer Kinetics Analysis of Decomposition, Curing and Crystallization" on Polymer Characterization Short Course of Thermal Analysis Forum. After short introduction into the kinetics theory the main attention will be paid to kinetics usage in the polymer field. Kinetics Neo software makes polymer analysis and predictions much easier.

October 5th, 2021. Our Kinetics Neo software runs on just released Windows 11. Tested: Kinetics Neo 2.5.5, Windows 11 Pro version 21H2 64 bit, OS Build 22000.194. Be modern: use Kinetics Neo and upgrade your computer to Windows 11.

September 27th, 2021. New Kinetics Neo version 2.5.5 is released. This is a release concerning bug fixing and new presentation features. We solved the issue in the OIT (oxidation induction time) and OOT (oxidation onset temperature) appeared in version 2.5.0. 

We also added several features asked by many of our customers. Now, it is possible to show or hide the curves on the chart. Additionally, now the curve in the chart may now be highlighted when the mouse cursor is placed over the curve (“mouse hover”).

August 6th, 2021. NETZSCH Application Note AN-221 "Kinetic Analysis of the Shear Viscosity to Predict the Curing Behavior of a 2-Part Epoxy Adhesive" is added to our Applications / Rheology. 

Shear viscosity for the curing of a 2-part epoxy resin during heating was investigated by means of the Kinexus ultra+ with HTC. The rheological measurements with different heating rates were used to perfom the kinetic analysis of the viscosity data during the curing by means of Kinetics Neo.

July 27, 2021. New Kinetics Neo version 2.5.3 is released. We have fixed the incorrect Internet address of our license server.

July 23,2021. New Kinetics Neo version 2.5.2 is released. Main new features / fixes are:

  • Two new baselines Right Tangential and Tangential for the viscosity data are added.
  • Additional export of isoconversional lines for ASTM E698, E2890, E1641, Friedman, OFW, KAS in Export Data is added.
  • Fixed Data Export for predictions with Y-axis "Sum of Peaks".

For other improvements and bug fixes ​​​​​check our Release History.

July 05, 2021. Kinetics Neo runs on first Insider Preview version of Windows 11 build 22000.51 !

July 05, 2021. New article "An introduction to n-th order and autocatalysis reactions" (PDF) is added to our sections Learn and  Theoretical Articles about Kinetics in our Literature . 

April 29, 2021. Webinar: Thermokinetics: Advantages and disadvantages of different approaches. Unique and powerful features of NETZSCH Kinetics Neo softwarewas held by our expert Dr. Elena Moukhina. Recorded video can be seen here, presentation PDF file can be downloaded here. 

March, 22,2021. New Application Note Nakamura Model for Polymer Crystallization Kinetics during Cooling  is added to the Applications. The Application contains the kinetic modelling of influence of cooling rate on the crystallization rate and final degree of crystallization of PET.

February 24, 2021. New Kinetics Neo version 2.5 is released. Main new features are:

For other improvements and bug fixes ​​​​​check our Release History.

January 20, 2021. Webinar "From Thermoanalytical Measurements to Predictions and Simulations: Kinetics Neo" is held by Claire Strasser. This webinar is a good introduction in Kinetics Neo software.

November 24, 2020. Webinar "Understanding the cure behavior with rheology kinetics"  was held by Dr. Adrian Hill and Dr. Elena Moukhina. This webinar introduced the benefits of going beyond standard rheological analysis with using rheology data in Kinetics Neo.

November 6-10, 2020. New application notes:

prepared by Nebojsa Manic and Bojan Janković (University of Belgrad) are added. The Applications contain detailed description and kinetic analysis by different methods for pyrolysis process of this biofuel at the temperatures up to 800°C.  The applications are based on the new article  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-09675-y in  J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. (2020).

June 25, 2020. Video “Process Lifetime Prediction with DSC and Kinetics Neo” (12 min) prepared by Dr. Thomas Haenel (NETZSCH sales manager) is published in the Applications. Video shows the software in action. In focus are: data import, model free fit, model based fit, process predictions and process optimization for the curing process of epoxide resin. It explaines what DSC data are necessary, how to create the kinetic model for the process having reaction steps of different directions: exothermal and exothermal. The video also demonstrates how to simulate the predictions for different temperature conditions or how to find the optimized temperature profile for the constant curing rate.

June 25, 2020. New articles about Kinetics Neo licensing and hardware requirements are added in the F.A.Q.

June, 08, 2020. New article "ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for analysis of multi-step kinetics" is published (free download link). Basic principles and main recommendations from ICTAC for "isoconversional" (also known as "model free") methods and "multi-step model fitting" (also known as "model based") methods to be used worldwide are clearly described in this article. NETZSCH is the only commercial company producing commercial kinetics software, who took part in the development of these recommendations. One of the article authors Dr. Elena Moukhina in chapter 2 "Multi-step model-fitting" describes the theory, principles and methods of kinetic analysis implemented now in our Kinetics Neo software.

May 11, 2020. Good news from one of our customers: Haldenwanger Halfoam Team (Morgan Advanced Materials Haldenwanger GmbH) have received the 2019 Leadership Award for Innovation. Congratulations! In one of the projects the Kinetics Neo was used to optimize the debinding and sintering process of HALFOAM ALUMINA™ which saved over 50% time in their firing process.

January 30, 2020. New Kinetics Neo version 2.4.6 is released. This is mainly a service release where we have fixed an usability issue and added some improvements:

November, 27 2019. New article “How to simulate and optimise debinding processes” by Materials World magazineexplains how the Kinetics Neo software helps perform polymer debinding processes more quickly and efficiently.  

October 30, 2019. New Kinetics Neo version 2.4.4 is released. The "Climatic Predictions" and other new features are added:

October 8, 2019. Kinetics Neo has won the NETZSCH Proven Excellence Award 2019 in nomitation "Excellence in Innovation". Congratulations to Kinetics Neo team and all customers and colleagues who help to improve our software!

June 19, 2019. New article about the using of Kinetics Neo in optimization of composites curing is published by AZO Materials: "Using the Kinetics Neo to Optimize the Curing of Composites".

May 16, 2019. Kinetics Neo will be presented at 11th International Heat Flow Calorimetry Symposium on Energetic Materials (HFCS-EM). Visit the lecture of Dr. E. Moukhina "Selection of the Correct Experimental Conditions and Analysis Method for Kinetics Analysis and Predictions".

May 2, 2019. A link to the recorded webinar "How to Optimize the Sintering of Ceramics" (March 2019) is added to our Applicationspage.

April 30, 2019. New user guide "How To: Create a Single Step Kinetic Model for DEA Data" is added to our Learn chapter.

March 14, 2019. Kinetics Neo is presented live in Webinar "How to Optimize the Sintering of Ceramics". Our experts show you in details how exactly Kinetics Neo software help you to reduce the firing time by keeping the best quality of ceramics: without cracks or deformations. Visit our 2 English and 1 German sessions! 

January 24, 2019. Meeting ERFA-BCI “Dangerous reactions”, Sisseln, Switzerland. NETZSCH presents the KineticsNeo software with detailed discussion about safety in chemical industry including selection of experimental conditions for measured data, selection of the kinetic method and sources of errors in kinetic analysis.

December 10, 2018. New Kinetics Neo version 2.1.2 is released. New crystallitazion analysis and several new usability features are added:

December 10, 2018. New user guide "How To: Analyze Cooling Crystallization of PBT (Polybutylene Terephthalate) by Nakamura Method Using Hoffman-Lauritzen Theory".

December 1, 2018. New short user guide "How To: Apply Kamal-Sourour Reaction Type to the Analysis of the Curing Reaction" is added to the Learn chapter.

November 15, 2018. Webinar on the optimization of sintering "Speed up your sintering process" (recorded video). Saving time and therefore money is a crucial factor when sintering a ceramic greenbody. Using Kinetics Neo, you are able to speed up your sintering process by up to 60%.

September 6, 2018. New Kinetiocs Neo version 2.0.1 is released. Several important features are added:

  • new model-free analysis method Dynamic Arrhenius for failure temperature during heating like Oxidation Onset Temperature (OOT);
  • new model-free analysis method Isothermal Arrhenius (ASTM E2070, method D) for time-to-event values like Oxidation-Induction Time (OIT);
  • new prediction Isothermal Lifetime for all reaction types;
  • more new features and improvements. Check our Release History page to find out what is new in this version.

August 4-9, 2018. Conference of North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS). NETZSCH presents two talks on Kinetics Neo with the live demonstration of this software:

May 9, 2018. New Kinetics Neo version 1.6.2 is released. The 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 widely used for analysing the curing process of thermosets.  
Check our Release History page to find out what is new in this version.

May 1-3, 2018. International Ceramics Expo Exhibition, Cleveland, USA. Please visit us at Booth 100. We will have live demo presentations 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 you how to design your firing process optimally 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'll 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 Ceramitec Exhibition in Munich. Please visit us in Hall B6, booth #500. We will 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 will 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. The 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 about how to get started with the modelling of Diffusion Controlled processes and the creation of 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 the 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 will be presented.