BETTER INSIGHTS

ADVANCED SOLUTIONS FOR POLYMERS AND PLASTICS FOR BETTER POLYMERS

UNDER ONE ROOF
The Polymer Market consists of a huge diversity of manufacturers of industrial products running many different processes Solutions for Polymers focused on providing more insight into product performance and
yet still facing similar challenges. There is more and more pressure to achieve high product quality and reduce costs in order to process optimization
stay one step ahead of the competition.
Material Science is becoming increasingly important, new technologies and applications make it easier to meet your daily
With our instruments and expertise, we can help you:
challenges and regulations in a more cost efficient way. Our comprehensive portfolio of thermal analysis, molecular spectroscopy,
chromatography and hyphenated techniques is the ideal choice for ensuring the quality and reliability of polymers.
Save money and ensure effective quality control
Streamline your processes for outstanding operational efficiency Glass transition & Differential Scanning Calorimetry Modulus, stiffness, Mechanical Analysis
melting temperatures; damping,
Implement cost effective solutions by reverse engineering crystallinity, heat of crystalline,
fusion, reaction rates, alpha and beta
Polymer Processes specific heat and heat
capacity, curing, safety
transitions, glass
transition & melting
and stability studies temperatures
Resin Resin Compound Compound Product
Recycling
Development Manufacture Development Manufacture Forming
DSC 4000/6000 DSC 8000/8500 DMA 8000 TMA 4000

Optimization Ensuring resins ID of chemical ID of raw materials QC of raw Classification

Thermogravimetry Hyphenated Techniques
of materials to meet agreed composition and and QC of finished materials and of materials for Wt % Additive & Identify and
bi-product losses, quantitate evolved
ensure robust specifications interactions of product to ensure finished products; recycling and Wt % Fillers & Ash, gases in resins and
downstream additives correct mix and troubleshooting disposal Decarboxylation, compounds
QC of in-process Pyrolization,
applications distribution of product defects Decomposition and
and final products; Accelerated
additives Stability studies
Optimization of determination of life testing and Optimization of
reaction times, crystal orientation biodegradability Reverse extrusion/molding
end points and studies Engineering to minimize energy STA 6000/8000 TGA 4000 TGA 8000 TL-9000 TG-IR- GC/MS
curing processes consumptions,
Study effects
to reduce costs reduce scrap and Identify and Molecular Spectroscopy FTIR & FT-NIR / Chemical Imaging Identify and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
of chemical or Quantitate organic quantitate additives
Presence of environmental ensure safety molecules and
compounds
residual monomers degradation Understand chemical
& physical composition
Optimization to of laminates &
improve flow, adhesives
Troubleshoot chemical
strength and origin
stiffness of occlusions
Identify orientation Spectrum Two Frontier Spotlight 400 FT-IR Altus HPLC QSight LC/MS/MS
Poly-dispersion of molecules

analysis
Volatile compounds in Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Reflectance, Molecular Spectroscopy UV/Vis & UV/Vis/NIR
packaging material transmission
and absorption
measurements
a p p l i c at i o n n o t e
for color, HAZE,
Thermal Analysis turbidity, aging,
coatings, glass and
solar cells
Authors
Tiffany Kang
PerkinElmer, Inc.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C.
TurboMatrix Headspace & Thermal Desorber Clarus GC, Clarus SQ 8 GC/MS LAMBDA 650/750/850/950/1050
Peng Ye

Solutions for... PerkinElmer, Inc.

Shelton, CT USA

Packaging film manufacturers

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Isothermal Introduction
Tire and rubber industries
The crystallization behavior of polymer
Crystallization Study resin For performing QA/QC applications
Plastic goods and components manufacturers
is important to know. For polymer
processors, it helps to optimize the
for Quality Assurance and holding time. DSC ismold
processing conditions like temperature
For studying processes in polymers
Paint and resins manufacturers
traditionally used
to study the thermophysical properties of
polymers. The isothermal crystallization
For research & development
Automotive, aviation, space and defense
experiment is very useful to determine the crystallization kinetic parameters.
In an isothermal crystallization experiment, the polymer sample is first heated
to above its melting temperature and held for some time to fully melt out any
existing crystals. Next, the sample is quench-cooled quickly to the desired
Academics and research institutions
isothermal temperature which is usually between its melting temperature and its
glass transition temperature. The sample is left crystallized under this temperature
and the heat generated during this crystallization process is recorded by the DSC
instrument. The experiment may stop when the crystallization finishes and heat
flow signal reaches the baseline. The isothermal crystallization experiment can be
conducted at a series of temperatures and the result curves can be processed by
the software to get kinetic parameters like reaction order and activation energy.

The isothermal crystallization result is very sensitive to the sample properties. It

can be influenced by many factors, including average molecular weight, molecular
weight distribution, type and concentration of nucleating agent, and its concen-
tration, presence of plasticizers or presence of regrind. Therefore, it is a sensitive
test and can be used to show the difference between various batches of material,
which may show little difference under a conventional heating experiment.
Batches with different crystallization behavior will lead to variation in the quality
of the final processed product. For polymer resin manufacture, it can be used for
quality assurance purposes, the optimization of resin formula or the evaluation
of a competitors resin.
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