Thermal Analysis Fundamentals and Applications to Polymer Science

The term thermal analysis (TA) is frequently used to describe analytical experimental techniques which investigate the behaviour of a sample as a function of temperature.

This definition is too broad to be of practical use. In this book, TA refers to conventional TA techniques such as differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetry (TG), thermomechanical analysis (TMA) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)...