Open AccessAn Overview of Thermal Analysis of Polymers
Author(s) -
Hardy Chan Sze On
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asean journal on science and technology for development/asean journal on science and technology for development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-9028
pISSN - 0217-5460
DOI - 10.29037/ajstd.220
Subject(s) - thermogravimetry , polymer , thermal analysis , materials science , kinetic energy , differential scanning calorimetry , polymer science , thermal , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , composite material , inorganic chemistry , quantum mechanics
This article presents an up-to-date overview of the application of thermoanalytical methods in the study of polymers with special focus on thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis, diferential scening calorimetry and thermomechanical analysis. The working principles behind the variouse thermoanalytical methods together with modes of operation are described. Their usefulness in the characterisation of polymers is cowered comprehensively with examples cited in the litearture. The question of validity of data obtained from thermokinetic studies of polymers is examined and it is felt that the kinetic parameters generated carry little physical meaning about the kinetic of the polymer reaction.