Thermal Analysis of Polymers, Fundamentals and Applications
by Joseph D. Menczel (Alcon Laboratories, USA ); R. Bruce Prime (School of Process Administration, France)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2009-04-01
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Presents a solid introduction to thermal analysis, methods, instrumentation, calibration, and application along with the necessary theoretical background. Useful to chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers who are new to thermal analysis techniques, and to existing users of thermal analysis who wish expand their experience to new techniques and applications Topics covered include Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis (DSC/DTA), Thermogravimetry, Thermomechanical Analysis and Dilatometry, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Micro-Thermal Analysis, Hot Stage Microscopy, and Instrumentation. Written by experts in the various areas of thermal analysis Relevant and detailed experiments and examples follow each chapter.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Differential Scanning Calorimetry | |
| Introduction | |
| Elements of Thermodynamics in DSC | |
| The Basics of Differential Scanning Calorimetry | |
| Purity Determination of Low Molecular Mass Compounds by DSC | |
| Calibration of Differential Scanning Calorimeters | |
| The Measurement of Heat Capacity | |
| Phase Transitions in Amorphous and Crystalline Polymers | |
| DSC of Fibers | |
| Films | |
| Thermosets | |
| Differential Photocalorimetry (DPC) | |
| Fast Scan DSC | |
| Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry (MTDSC) | |
| How to Perform DSC Measurements | |
| Instrumentation | |
| References | |
| Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) | |
| Introduction | |
| Background Principles and Measurement Modes | |
| Calibration and Reference Materials | |
| Measurements and Analyses | |
| Kinetics | |
| Selected Applications | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Appendix | |
| References | |
| Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA) and Thermodilitometry (TD) | |
| Introduction | |
| Principles and Theory | |
| Instrumental | |
| Calibration | |
| How to Perform a TMA Experiment | |
| Key Applications | |
| Selected Industrial Applications | |
| Appendix | |
| References | |
| Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) | |
| Introduction | |
| Characterization of viscoelastic behavior | |
| Applications of dynamic mechanical analysis | |
| Examples of DMA characterization for thermoplastics | |
| Characteristics of fibers and thin films | |
| DMA characterization of cross-linked polymers | |
| Practical Aspects of Conducting DMA Experiments | |
| Commercial DMA Instrumentation | |
| Appendix | |
| References | |
| Dielectric Analysis (DEA) (Aglaia Vassilikou-Dova | |
| Introduction | |
| Theory and background of dielectric analysis | |
| Dielectric techniques | |
| Performing dielectric experiments | |
| Typical measurements on poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) | |
| Dielectric Analysis of Thermoplastics | |
| Dielectric Analysis of Thermosets | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Appendix | |
| References | |
| Micro and Nano Scale Local Thermal Analysis | |
| Introduction | |
| The Atomic Force Microscope | |
| Scanning Thermal Microscopy | |
| Thermal Probe Design and Spatial Resolution | |
| Measuring Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Force-Distance Curves | |
| Local Thermal Analysis | |
| Performing a Micro/Nano Thermal Analysis Experiment | |
| Examples of Micro/Nano Thermal Analysis Applications | |
| Overview of Local Thermal Analysis | |
| References | |
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