24 Engineering of Polymers and Chemical Complexity
THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
A NETZSCH TG 209 F1 Iris thermomicrobalance has been employed for TGA mea-
surements in oxidizing (oxygen) atmosphere. The measurements were carried out at a
heating rate of 20 K/min.
Combustibility characteristics (cone calorimeter) were performed according to the
standard procedures ASME E1354/ISO 5660 using a DUAL CONE 2000 cone calo-
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applied. All of the samples having a standard surface area of 70 × 70 mm and identical
masses of 13.0 ± 0.2 g were measured in the horizontal position and wrapped with thin
aluminum foil except for the irradiated sample surface.
Heat capacity and heat ...