M. Beiner et al., HEAT-CAPACITY SPECTROSCOPY COMPARED TO OTHER LINEAR-RESPONSE METHODS AT THE DYNAMIC GLASS-TRANSITION IN POLY(VINYL ACETATE), Macromolecules, 29(15), 1996, pp. 5183-5189
Heat capacity spectroscopy measurements in the frequency range from 1.
25 to 12 600 rad/s at the dynamic glass transition in poly(vinyl aceta
te) are reported. The data are compared to results of dielectric and s
hear spectroscopy in a comparable frequency range on the same sample.
The peaks of the different imaginary parts do not have the same positi
on across the main transition zone. The sequence of the peaks with inc
reasing frequency is as follows: dielectric compliance, entropy compli
ance, and shear modulus. The distances between the different peaks are
0.3 +/- 0.4 and 1.0 +/- 0.4 frequency decades, respectively.