Future Prospects of Hyphenated Thermogravimetric Techniques in Elastomer Characterisation

4 Future Prospects of Hyphenated Thermogravimetric Techniques in Elastomer Characterisation 

As has been seen, competitive analytical systems correlating thermal and chemical behaviour are TG-MS, TG-FTIR, TG-GC, TG-GC-MS, etc. This list of techniques may easily be extended with various pyrolysis methods. 

The current interest of the material in events at lower temperatures (with evolution of complex mixtures of components at much lower concentration at the onset of the reaction) requires the need for quantification of components at very low concentrations and demands high sensitivity, accuracy, and reproducibility of the analytical technique at the same time, the identification capability of the method requires strengthening. 

Today s challenge is no longer faster collection of mass spectral data over broader (m/z) ranges, but more rapid identification of co-evolved species. In this respect several approaches for improvement are possible, such as high resolution TG-MS experiments (allowing for better experimental resolution of closely spaced thermal events), soft 

Method standardisation of multihyphenated techniques remains an important issue. 

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