ABSTRACT
One of most common uses of the DMA for users from a thermal analysis background is the measurement of the various transitions in a polymer. A lot of users exploit the greater sensitivity of the DMA to measure Tgs undetectable by the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) or the differential thermal analyzer (DTA). For more sophisticated users, DMA temperature scanning techniques let you investigate the relaxation processes of a polymer. In this chapter, we will look at how time and temperature can be used to study the properties of polymers. We will address curing studies in Chapter 7.
