The use of thermal analysis in the characterization of a polymer surface

摘要

Thermogravimetry (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) are powerful tools that can be used to characterize a wide variety of materials. Thermogravimetric Analysis can easily measure the distribution of metal catalysts on a polymer surface due to the much lower decomposition temperature of the polymer. Differential Scanning Calorimetry can be used to measure the concentration of teflon in a polymer blend by measuring the melting energy.