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Differential thermal analysis (DTA) technique was used to determine th
e glass transition temperatures of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). Whe
n PMMA was adsorbed on alpha-alumina, DTA could not use to obtain the
glass transition temperatures of the system PMMA/alpha-Al2O3 Inverse g
as chromatography at infinite dilution proved to be an excellent techn
ique to highlight glass transitions and local transitions of PMMA adso
rbed on alpha-Al2O3, at various covered surface fractions.