Thermal transitions differential scanning calorimetry

PPS shows a glass transition temperature Tg of 85-90°C and melts around 290°C. PPS is comparatively highly thermally stable. Differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry indicate that the weight loss on thermal degradation starts at 430 C. Below 450°C, extensive crosslinking takes place. ... 

Thermal analysis. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was performed by means of either the TA 2920 DSC or the Perkin-Elmer DSC-7 calorimeter. Sample weights of 8 12 mg and a heating rate of 20 °C/min were used. The glass transition... 

The observed shift of the glass transition was further analyzed by thermal analysis. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used and the results are shown in Figure 4. A similar shift to that found in the rheometer was observed. Without the frequency dependence however, the Tg was -27°C for the starting PTMC as compared to -16°C for the PC ionomer. 

The thermal glass-transition temperatures of poly(vinyl acetal)s can be determined by dynamic mechanical analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and nmr techniques (31). The thermal glass-transition temperature of poly(vinyl acetal) resins prepared from aliphatic aldehydes can be estimated from empirical relationships such as equation 1 where OH and OAc are the weight percent of vinyl alcohol and vinyl acetate units and C is the number of carbons in the chain derived from the aldehyde. The symbols with subscripts are the corresponding values for a standard (s) resin with known parameters (32). The formula accurately predicts that resin T increases as vinyl alcohol content increases, and decreases as vinyl acetate content and aldehyde carbon chain length increases. 

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) are also very useful tools for the characterization of polymers. TGA and DSC provide die information about polymer stability upon heating and thermal behaviors of polymers. Most of the polymers syndiesized via transition metal coupling are conjugated polymers. They are relatively stable upon heating and have higher Tgs. 

Structured proteins have also been investigated by thermal analysis [40,41], denaturing resulting in an endotherm which is readily detected by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). DSC of recombinant resilin in the swollen state showed no transitions over a wide temperature range (25°C-140°C), further evidence of the absence of any strucmre. This is in contrast to the strucmred proteins wool and bovine serum albumin, which show denamration endotherms at 145°C and 62°C, respectively (Figure 9.6). 

X-ray diffraction studies are usually carried out at room temperature under ambient conditions. It is possible, however, to perform variable-temperature XPD, wherein powder patterns are obtained while the sample is heated or cooled. Such studies are invaluable for identifying thermally induced or subambient phase transitions. Variable-temperature XPD was used to study the solid state properties of lactose [20], Fawcett et al. have developed an instrument that permits simultaneous XPD and differential scanning calorimetry on the same sample [21], The instrument was used to characterize a compound that was capable of existing in two polymorphic forms, whose melting points were 146°C (form II) and 150°C (form I). Form II was heated, and x-ray powder patterns were obtained at room temperature, at 145°C (form II had just started to melt), and at 148°C (Fig. 2 one characteristic peak each of form I and form II are identified). The x-ray pattern obtained at 148°C revealed melting of form II but partial recrystallization of form I. When the sample was cooled to 110°C and reheated to 146°C, only crystalline form I was observed. Through these experiments, the authors established that melting of form II was accompanied by recrystallization of form I. 

When one polymorph can be thermally converted to another, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis cannot be used to deduce the heat of transition between the two forms, and so solution calorimetry represents an alternative methodology. This situation was encountered when evaluating the polymorphs of losartan [140], Enthalpies of transition were obtained in water (A(A//sol) = 1.723 kcal/mol) and in A A-dimethylformarnide (A(A//S0 ) = 1.757 kcal/mol), with the equivalence in results demonstrating the quality of the results. Although enthalpy does not indicate stability, the authors deduced from solution calorimetry that form I was more stable than form II at ambient temperature. 

ASTM E 1356-98, ASTM Book of Standards 2002. Standard Test Method for Assignment of the Glass Transition Temperature by Differential Scanning Calorimetry or Differential Thermal Analysis . ASTM International, Conshohocken, PA. 

Yu, L. and Christie, G. (2001). Measurement of starch thermal transitions using differential scanning calorimetry. Carbohydr. Polym. 46, 179-184. 

When conducting a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) study on the stability of carbonaceous anodes in electrolytes, Tarascon and co-workers found that, before the major reaction between lithiated carbon and fluorinated polymers in the cell, there was a transition of smaller thermal effect at 120 °C, marked peak (a) in Figure 28. They ascribed this process to the decomposition of SEI into Li2C03, based on the previous understanding about the SEI chemical composition and the thermal stability of lithium alkyl carbonates.Interestingly, those authors noticed that the above transition would disappear if the carbonaceous anode was rinsed in DMC before DSC was performed, while the other major processes remained (Figure 28). Thus,... 

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