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Preface; Contents; About the Editors; Part I: Advanced Instrumentation, Techniques and Methods; Chapter 1: Material Characterization by Fast Scanning Calorimetry: Practice and Applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Instrumental; 1.2.1 General Aspects; 1.2.1.1 The Calorimeter; 1.2.1.2 The Sample; 1.2.2 Design of the Flash DSC; 1.2.3 The Flash DSC Sensor; 1.2.3.1 Sensor Design; 1.2.3.2 Operation Mode; 1.2.3.3 Placing a Chip-Sensor into the Flash DSC; 1.2.4 Properties of the Flash DSC; 1.2.4.1 Possible Scanning Rates and Purge Gas; 1.2.4.2 Thermal Lag; 1.2.4.3 Isothermal Behavior
1.2.4.4 Temperature Correction1.2.4.5 Dynamic Temperature Gradients; 1.2.4.6 Static Temperature Gradients; 1.2.4.7 Relation Between Scanning Rates and Sample Size; 1.2.5 Comments Regarding the Temperature Program; 1.2.6 Blank Correction; 1.2.6.1 The Blank Correction in Conventional DSC; 1.2.6.2 The Blank Correction in the Flash DSC; 1.2.6.3 Influence of Mechanical Interaction Between Sample and Sensor on the Measured Curve; 1.2.6.4 Reduction of the Mechanical Interaction; 1.3 Sample Preparation; 1.3.1 General Comments; 1.3.2 Polymers; 1.3.3 Low Molecular Organic Materials
1.3.4 Metallic Glasses1.3.5 Estimation of the Sample Size; 1.3.5.1 Sample Size Estimation for Metallic Glass Alloys; 1.3.5.2 Sample Size Estimation for Polymers; Analyses of the Melting Peak; Analyses of the Glass Transition; Analyses of the Heat Capacity; Analyses of the Volume; 1.3.6 Determination of Sample Size Depending Effects (Critical Sample Size); 1.3.7 Measurements of the Initial Sample at the First Heating Run; 1.3.8 General Comments About the Use of Oil as a Contact Medium; 1.3.8.1 Selection and Behavior of Oil; 1.3.8.2 Application of an Oil Film
1.3.8.3 Limitation of the Use of Silicone Oil as Contact Medium1.4 Concepts of Polymer Analysis; 1.4.1 Polymers Are Meta Stable Materials; 1.4.2 Measurement of Crystallization Effects; 1.4.2.1 General Comments; 1.4.2.2 Typical Temperature Programs; 1.4.2.3 Example: Influence of Nucleating Agents and Additives on the Crystallization of Poly(Butadiene Terephthalate) Polymers; 1.4.2.4 Example: Cold Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene; 1.4.3 Analyses of Melting Processes; 1.4.3.1 Reorganization During Heating; 1.4.3.2 Example: Reorganization of Isotactic Polypropylene
1.4.3.3 Influence of the Heating Rate on the Temperature of Melting PeaksMelting of Stable Crystals Without Superheating; Melting of Stable Crystals with Superheating; 1.4.3.4 Example: Melting of Isotactic Polypropylene; 1.4.3.5 Example: Melting of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate); 1.4.4 Investigation of Polymer Stability; 1.4.4.1 General Comments and Typical Temperature Programs; 1.4.4.2 Example: Stability of Poly(Etheretherketone); 1.4.5 Analysis of the Noncrystalline Fractions; 1.4.5.1 The Three-Phase Model; 1.4.5.2 Determination of the Amorphous Phases
1.2.4.4 Temperature Correction1.2.4.5 Dynamic Temperature Gradients; 1.2.4.6 Static Temperature Gradients; 1.2.4.7 Relation Between Scanning Rates and Sample Size; 1.2.5 Comments Regarding the Temperature Program; 1.2.6 Blank Correction; 1.2.6.1 The Blank Correction in Conventional DSC; 1.2.6.2 The Blank Correction in the Flash DSC; 1.2.6.3 Influence of Mechanical Interaction Between Sample and Sensor on the Measured Curve; 1.2.6.4 Reduction of the Mechanical Interaction; 1.3 Sample Preparation; 1.3.1 General Comments; 1.3.2 Polymers; 1.3.3 Low Molecular Organic Materials
1.3.4 Metallic Glasses1.3.5 Estimation of the Sample Size; 1.3.5.1 Sample Size Estimation for Metallic Glass Alloys; 1.3.5.2 Sample Size Estimation for Polymers; Analyses of the Melting Peak; Analyses of the Glass Transition; Analyses of the Heat Capacity; Analyses of the Volume; 1.3.6 Determination of Sample Size Depending Effects (Critical Sample Size); 1.3.7 Measurements of the Initial Sample at the First Heating Run; 1.3.8 General Comments About the Use of Oil as a Contact Medium; 1.3.8.1 Selection and Behavior of Oil; 1.3.8.2 Application of an Oil Film
1.3.8.3 Limitation of the Use of Silicone Oil as Contact Medium1.4 Concepts of Polymer Analysis; 1.4.1 Polymers Are Meta Stable Materials; 1.4.2 Measurement of Crystallization Effects; 1.4.2.1 General Comments; 1.4.2.2 Typical Temperature Programs; 1.4.2.3 Example: Influence of Nucleating Agents and Additives on the Crystallization of Poly(Butadiene Terephthalate) Polymers; 1.4.2.4 Example: Cold Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene; 1.4.3 Analyses of Melting Processes; 1.4.3.1 Reorganization During Heating; 1.4.3.2 Example: Reorganization of Isotactic Polypropylene
1.4.3.3 Influence of the Heating Rate on the Temperature of Melting PeaksMelting of Stable Crystals Without Superheating; Melting of Stable Crystals with Superheating; 1.4.3.4 Example: Melting of Isotactic Polypropylene; 1.4.3.5 Example: Melting of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate); 1.4.4 Investigation of Polymer Stability; 1.4.4.1 General Comments and Typical Temperature Programs; 1.4.4.2 Example: Stability of Poly(Etheretherketone); 1.4.5 Analysis of the Noncrystalline Fractions; 1.4.5.1 The Three-Phase Model; 1.4.5.2 Determination of the Amorphous Phases