The following sections will be covered during this session:
- Fundamentals of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) in polymer analysis
- Overview of DSC
- Understand how DSC experiments are run for polymers
- How to review & interpret DSC analysis data?
- Application of DSC to Polymer Systems:
- Identification of polymers, polymer blends, polymer additives…
- Material condition (degradation, purity, oxidative stability, molded-in stress…)
- Polymer properties (crystallinity, heat history…)
- Modulated DSC
- Standard DSC vs modulated DSC
- Operating principle
- Commonly plotted MDSC signals
- DSC Test Methods & Thermogram Interpretation
- Important parameters to consider (sample pan, calibration, purge gas…)
- Determining the starting point of the data
- Endothermic vs exothermic
- Thermogram artifacts
- Main Sources of Errors in DSC
- Pitfalls to avoid for best results
- Real Life Cases (Automotive sleeve, Electrical housing, Plastic coupling…)
- 30 mins Q&A - Interact live/ ask questions directly from the expert!
Questions you will be able to answer post taking this course:
- How melting point can be used to identify plastic materials of different types (PE, PP, PA…)?
- How DSC can be applied to differentiate between types of nylon?
- How crystalline melting temperature (Tm) can be used to distinguish homopolymers & copolymers?
- How can I quickly identify plastics by glass transition temperature?
- How DSC can detect the presence of contaminants in a material?
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