DETECTION OF T_g BY MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1998-04-14
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Theglassytransitionofthepolyethyleneterephthalate(PET)sampleswhichhavebeensubjectedtosolventinducedcrystallization(SINC)wasinvestigatedbymodulateddifferentialscanningcalorimetry(MDSC)anddensitymeasurement.Thedif-ferentialofheatcapacitysignal,dC_p/dTfromMDSC,wasusedtomonitortheSINCprocess.ItrevealsthattheT_gtemperatureshiftstohighervaluewiththeadvancementofSINC.Whenthetoluene-immersingtimewaslonger(168h),thedetectionofT_gbecomemoredifficult,becausesomesmallerpeaksemergedatthelowertemperaturesandtheseareexplainedasthemovementofsmallsegmentsintheamorphousregion.TheseobservedresultsareduetothemorphologyandstructureintroducedbytheSINCprocess.