NATAS Song

Please sing to the tune of the "Hokey Pokey” (also known as the "Hokey Cokey”) 
(click here to see and hear it.)

Take an N and an A and a T, A, S
Put them all together and you’ve got to confess
That NATAS is a group at the top of the tree
In thermal technology

For it’s science-based and very useful, too
It can solve a lot of problems when you don’t know what to do
Choose a thermal method and apply it right away
That’s what the experts say

Run some TGAs or some DSCs
To find out all about a material’s properties
You can see a phase transition and study its kinetics
Or measure its energetics

There are other techniques taking hours instead of weeks
Sometimes yielding valleys but also giving peaks
Try calorimetry or else rheology
And be amazed at what you see

Yes, there’s just no doubt that they’ve got a lot of clout
When it comes to thermal methods they can help you work it out
Combining SDT with mass spectrometry
Can do it so powerfully

So take an N and an A and a T, A, S
Put them all together and you’ve got to confess
That NATAS is a group at the top of the tree
In thermal technology

Andrew Roxburgh McGhie 08.10.09