Polyoxymethylene(POM) also known as polyacetal is an all-purpose engineering plastics with excellent mechanical properties. Due to its durability, it is used as a substitute for metal parts mainly used as gears, bearings, various parts. Other uses include stationery and musical instruments such as woodwind and brass instruments. Evolved gas analysis is used to qualitatively confirm the evolved gases as POM is heated.
Thermal analysis products from Rigaku
TG-DTA is a hyphenated technology generally referred to as simultaneous thermal analysis (STA).
Quantifies the energy changes in reactions such as melting, transition, crystallization and glass transition temperature.
TMA is the measurement of a change in dimension or mechanical property of the sample while it is subjected to a controlled temperature program.
The compact humidity generator (HUM-1) is connected to the TG-DTA for measurements under constant relative humidity water vapor atmosphere.
TMA/HUM measures change in dimension or mechanical property of a sample while subjected to a temperature regime under water vapor atmosphere with a constant relative humidity.
In TG-FTIR, gases evolved by volatilization or thermal decomposition are qualitatively analyzed, which allows you to track changes in the generated amount along with the temperature change.