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D'Amico, Teresa; Donahue, Craig J.; Rais, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
This lab experiment illustrates the use of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) in the measurement of polymer properties. A total of seven exercises are described. These are dry exercises: students interpret previously recorded scans. They do not perform the experiments. DSC was used to determine the…
Descriptors: Plastics, Chemistry, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments