CHARACTERIZATION OF AMORPHOUS MATERIALS BY MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY

This paper investigates the potential of the Modulated Differential Sc anning Calorimetry (MDSCT(TM)) technique in the thermal characterisati on of various amorphous materials. Inorganic glasses, composites and g lass-polymer mixed materials have been investigated in order to separa te the glass transition from irreversible phenomena, such as cold crys tallisation or residual cure. This new technique requires some additio nal experimental parameters to be set, whose role in affecting thermal signals is also briefly discussed.