Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis of Polymers

This book provides the background needed to correctly carry out and interpret the necessary measurements.

Partial Contents: Thermodynamics. Calorimetric Methods. Fundamentals of Differential Scanning. Calorimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis. DSC on Polymers Thermal Characterization of States of Matter. The Glass Transition Region. Curing of Thermosets. Thermal Transitions and Gelation in Polymer Solutions. The Crystallization and Melting Region. Microcalorimetry. Reaction Calorimetry for Polymerization Studies. Coupled Techniques. Evolved Gas Analysis of Polymers by Coupled Gas Chromatography. Fourier Transform Infrared and Mass
Spectrometry.

Reviews: "... contains an appropriate balance between basic theory, experimental details, and applications."-Polymer News

" ... should not be absent from the bookshelf of any thermal analyst."
-Journal of Thermal Analysis