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Studies on glass transition temperature of chitosan with four techniques
Author(s) -
Dong Yanming,
Ruan Yonghong,
Wang Huiwu,
Zhao Yaging,
Bi Danxia
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.20630
Subject(s) - differential scanning calorimetry , glass transition , chitosan , enthalpy , dynamic mechanical analysis , thermal analysis , relaxation (psychology) , materials science , polymer chemistry , transition temperature , thermodynamics , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermal , composite material , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , physics , psychology , social psychology , superconductivity , quantum mechanics
Studies on the glass transition temperature (T g ) of chitosan are difficult to pursue because of the difficulty in sample preparation and the hydroscopicity of samples. There are a few works concerning this principal relaxation of chitosan. Among them, several quite different values (150°C, 161°C, and 203°C) have been reported. In this paper, the T g of chitosan (140 ∼ 150°C) was determined by means of four techniques, namely, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermally simulated current spectroscopy (TSC), and dilatometry (DIL). DSC measurement has been assumed not to be sensitive enough to detect the relaxation temperature of polysaccharides. We propose a new method to improve the sensitivity of the DSC measurement. After a physical aging treatment of samples, the transition in DSC traces became much more distinct because of the enthalpy relaxation. This technique was also used to distinguish the T g from other relaxations. The T g of chitosan with different degree of deacetylation (D.D.) was examined by DSC. No influence of D.D. on T g was found. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 93: 1553–1558, 2004