This study investigates the influence of operating temperature on the flexural properties and fatigue life of two grades of Garolite woven fiberglass composites using an Electroforce 3330 load frame.
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In this note, viscoelastic properties of SBR mixed with linear and branched butadiene, and carbon and silica filler are systematically investigated using dynamic mechanical analysis.
Polymer melt rheology aims to understand and quantify the viscous and elastic properties of a polymer so that the process parameters are aligned with the material’s melt properties and vice-versa.
This paper utilizes a single run DSC experiment and analysis of the crystallization data using the Avrami equation to obtain a cursory but useful comparison of crystallization characteristics of different colored polypropylene marker caps purchased from an office supply store.
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is an effective technique for rapidly evaluating the oxidative stability of polymers and enables fiber producers to determine optimum formulations.
Oxidative degradation of polymers is an exothermic process (releases heat) and is detectable by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Furthermore, DSC evaluation of polyethylene at elevated temperatures in the presence of oxygen is an effective method for accelerating the onset of degradation so that longer term (shelf life) properties can be predicted and/or compared.
The purpose of this paper is to provide a universally acceptable definition of “Melting” and then illustrate that loss of crystalline structure in many materials can be caused by numerous chemical processes other than thermodynamic or “True Melting”.
ITC has recently received increased attention from the field of material science, which necessitates the use of non-aqueous solvent systems. Herein, we elaborate on the development of a representative binding assay that measures the interactions of Ca2+ with a calcium ionophore in a methanol solvent system.
The interaction between the antigen binding site and an antigen is extremely specific, which has made antibodies very highly desirable reagents when developing a wide variety of antigen detection assays.
Isothermal titration calorimetry is a technique where heat is measured under constant pressure. This heat can be translated into enthalpy based on the First Law of Thermodynamics. Although the focus of the technique has been rooted in measuring biophysical phenomena in labs that specialized in calorimetry, it has seen growth as a general technique to quantitatively describe systems from proteins to nanomaterials.
Nano Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Nano DSC) and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) are powerful label-free and immobilization free analytic tools for thermodynamic measurements of molecular binding, biomolecular thermostability, and enzyme kinetic reactions.