Differential Scanning Calorimetry may be used to aid in the identification of certain plastics that have been added to a vulcanized elastomer by determining its melt point. Conventional methods for identifying vulcanized elastomers would not detect if, for example, Teflon or Nylon had been added. Differential Scanning Calorimetry can also assist in determination of enthalpies, Glass Transition (Tg) and crosslink density.
Available Methods
Assignment of Tg by DSC in Polymers or Elastomeric Materials
Standard Test Method for Measurement of Transition Temperatures of Petroleum Waxes by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
ASTM D 7426
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Glass Transition (Tg) – Plastics
Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) -- Part 2: Determination of Glass Transition Temperature and Glass Transition Step Jeight
ISO 11357-2
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Temperature and Enthalpy of Melting and Crystallization – Plastics
Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) -- Part 3: Determination of Temperature and Enthalpy of Melting and Crystallization
ISO 11357-3
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Transition of Temperatures of Petroleum Waxes
Standard Test Method for Measurement of Transition Temperatures of Petroleum Waxes by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
ASTM D 4419
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization
Standard Test Method for Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
ASTM D 3417
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization
Standard Test Method for Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM E 793
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Glass Transition (Tg)
Standard Test Method for Transition Temperatures and Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM D 3418
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Glass Transition Temperatures
Standard Test Method for Assignment of the Glass Transition Temperatures by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM E 1356
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Heat Reaction of Thermally Reactive Materials
Standard Test Method for Heat of Reaction of Thermally Reactive Materials by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM E 2160
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Insulations and Jackets for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
Standard Test Methods for Physical and Environmental Performance Properties of Insulations and Jackets for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
ASTM D 4565
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Melting and Crystallization Temperatures by Thermal Analysis
Standard Test Method for Melting And Crystallization Temperatures by Thermal Analysis
ASTM E 794
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Oxidative-Induction Time of Polyolefins
Standard Test Method for Oxidative-Induction Time of Polyolefins by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM D 3895
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Specific Heat Capacity
Standard Test Method for Determining Specific Heat Capacity by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM E 1269
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – Temperatures and Heats of Transitions of Fluoropolymers
Standard Test Method for Determining Temperatures and Heats of Transitions of Fluoropolymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM D 4591
Enthalpy of Fusion, Percent Crystallinity, and Melting Point of UHMWP by DSC
Measurement of Enthalpy of Fusion, Percent Crystallinity, and Melting Point of Ultra-High-Molecular Weight Polyethylene by Means of Differential Scanneing Calorimetry
ASTM F 2625
