Poly thermal analysis data

Thermal Analysis - Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to characterize the thermal properties of the polymers synthesized. DSC analysis was performed on a Perkin-Elmer Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Model 2C with a thermal analysis data station. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) was carried out on a DuPont thermal gravimeter, Model 951. From the DSC and TGA plots of poly (N-pheny 1-3,4-dimethylene-... 

Thermal analysis (TGA) data of these siliconated block copolymers revealed that they are thermally more stable than the reference materials, poly(tetrahydrofuran block urethane) and poly(ethyleneglycol block urethane) copolymers. The thermal stability was found to depend on the silicone content, with stability increasing as the silicone content in the structure increases. 

We thank T. N. Bowmer for thermal analysis, J. Shelburne III for GPC data, G. L. Baker for critical reading of the manuscript, and J. Guillet (University of Toronto) for providing a sample of poly(vinyl tert-hutyl ketone). 

Studying other systems, Noland et al (1971) presented data based on differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermomechanical analysis, and dilatometry to show that mechanical blends of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(ethyl acrylate) are compatible with poly(vinylidene fluoride)... 

In this section experimental results are discussed, concerned with analyses of melting and crystallization kinetics, as well as reversibility of the phase transition. The frame of the discussion is set by Fig. 3.76, which will be supported by experimental data on poly(oxyethylene). The thermal analysis tools involved are TMDSC, optical and atomic-force microscopy, DSC, adiabatic calorimetry, and dilatometry. Most of these techniques are described in more detail in Chap. 4. Results from isothermal crystallization, and reorganization are attempted to be fitted to the Avrami equation. This is followed by a short remark on crystallization regimes and finally some data are presented on the polymerization and crystallization of trioxane crystals. 

Polyanhydrides have been characterized with regard to their chemical composition, structure, crystallinity and thermal properties, mechanical properties, thermodynamic properties, and hydrols c stability A representative set of analysis data has been summarized for the polyanhydrides poly(EAD-SA) and poly(CPP-SA) (Table 4). H NMR spectroscopy indicates the degree of randomness that suggests whether the polyanhydrides is either a random or a block copolymer the average length of sequence (Ln) and the frequency of occurrence of specific comonomers sequences (58). The anhydride bond presents characteristic peaks in... 

Recent developments have been in the area of microthermal analysis using thermal conductivity with thermal diffiisivity signals or AFM to visualize specific areas or domains in the material and perform localized thermal analysis studies (183,184). Relaxational behavior over time and temperature is related to changes in free volume of the material. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) measurements of positron lifetimes and intensities are used to estimate both hole sizes and free volume within primarily amorphous phases of polymers. These data are used in measurement of thermal transitions (185,186) structural relaxation including molecular motions (187-189), and effects of additives (190), molecular weight variation (191), and degree of crystallinity (192). It has been used in combination with DSC to analyze the range of miscibility of polymethyl methacrylate poly(ethylene oxide) blends (193). 

Poly(cycldiexyl methacrylate) has been chosen as a model. In this case, the analysis of die 7// peak shows a significant increase in the thermal expansion coefficient. This result is coherent with thermal expansivity data from Simha et al. It is attributed to the bulkiness of the side group resulting in a larger excluded volume. 

ADMET polymers are easily characterized using common analysis techniques, including nuclear magnetic resonance ( H and 13C NMR), infrared (IR) spectra, elemental analysis, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), vapor pressure osmometry (VPO), membrane osmometry (MO), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The preparation of poly(l-octenylene) (10) via the metathesis of 1,9-decadiene (9) is an excellent model polymerization to study ADMET, since the monomer is readily available and the polymer is well known.21 The NMR characterization data (Fig. 8.9) for the hydrogenated versions of poly(l-octenylene) illustrate the clean and selective nature of ADMET. 

In the second part of this chapter, an illustrative example of PARAFAC analysis for three-way data obtained in an actual laboratory experiment is presented to show how PARAFAC trilinear model can be constructed and analyzed to derive in-depth understanding of the system from the data. Thermal deformation of several types of poly lactic add (PLA) nanocomposites xmdergoing grass-to-rubber transition is probed by cross-polarization magic-angle (CP-MAS) NMR spectroscopy. Namely, sets of temperature-dependent NMR spectra are measured under varying clay content in the PLA nanocomposite samples. While temperature strongly affects molecular dynamics of PLA, the clay content in the samples also influences the molecular mobility. Thus, NMR spectra in this study become a three-way... 

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