DSC
Differential scanning calorimetry
Measures how much heat a sample releases or absorbs as it is heated.
Where it appears
- Cellulose acetate
- Cellulose acetate (CA) and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), cellulose esters for films, fibres, moulded parts and coatings
- Cyclic olefin copolymer
- Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
- FR-4 glass-fibre epoxy laminate
- Graphite
- Lithium metal
- Lithium titanate
- Neodymium-iron-boron sintered magnet alloy
- Lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide
- Polyamide 11 (nylon 11, PA11)
- Polyamide 12 (nylon 12, PA12)
- Polyamide 6 (nylon 6)
- Polyacrylonitrile
- Polyetheretherketone
- Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)
- Polyetherimide
- Polyetherketone
- Polyetherketoneketone
- Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), biaxially oriented film and engineering resin
- Polyethersulfone
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), including biaxially oriented film (Mylar)
- Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), with the PHB/PHV copolymer (PHBV) for comparison
- Polymethylpentene
- Aliphatic polyketone (PK, POKETONE, AKROTEK PK)
- Polyoxymethylene (acetal), POM
- Polyphthalamide
- Polyphenylsulfone
- Self-reinforced polymer composites and aramid composites
- Titanium carbide
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