Focus on: Thermal Analysis for Polymers0 pages

Thermal Analysis for Polymers
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The significance of thermal analysis in polymer technology has clearly risen
internationally over the past twenty years. In particular, DSC (Differential
Scanning Calorimetry) has long been successfully applied in routine testing of
goods received, quality control and quality assurance at injection molding and
extrusion plants. In the rubber industry, quantitative analysis of rubber by means
of TGA Thermogravimetric Analysis) and verification of vulcanization using DSC
are becoming increasingly important. The curing of thermosets is investigated
with DSC, aided by reaction kinetics. DMA Dynamic Mechanical Analysis) and TMA
(Thermomechanical Analysis) are used more and more frequently, especially with
composite materials and in blend technology.
In literature, thermal analysis has always been treated almost exclusively in
isolation. In the applications volume “Focus on: Thermal Analysis for Polymers”,
released in 1998 in cooperation with the Department of Plastics and Rubber
Engineering of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt-Aschaffenburg / University of Applied
Sciences, practical industrial topics are used to explain correlations between thermoanalytical measurement techniques and conventional test methods used in
mechanics, physical chemistry and process technology. In addition, examples are
presented dealing with material and component development. The signifcance of
thermal analysis as a quick, economical test method is emphasized.

Focus on

Thermal Analysis
for Polymers

Authors
H. Möhler
S. Knappe

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