Thermal Analysis of Rubbers and Rubbery Materials

Thermal analysis is a group of techniques – e. g. differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetry (TG) amongst others – in which a physical property of a substance is measured as a function of temperature, while the substance is subjected to a controlled temperature programme. The book Thermal Analysis of Rubbers and Rubbery Materials describes the use of these techniques for determining additives in rubbery materials, in recycling of rubbers, and in understanding the interactions of rubber fillers and the rubber matrix. Furthermore, the book discusses the application of these techniques for the characterisation of rubber nanocomposites, other modified rubbers and their blends as well as for measuring the crystallisation of rubbers, and the different instrumental techniques that can be used. The book is recommended for everybody involved in material and product development, testing, processing, quality assurance, or failure analysis in industry and laboratories.

Further new Smithers Rapra publications

• Plastics and the Environment F. Gardiner, E. Garmson (eds.), Smithers Rapra, Shawbury, UK, 2010, 136 p., softcover, EUR 100.00 + VAT, ISBN 978-1-84735-556-0
• Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy in Polymer Analysis T. R. Crompton, Smithers Rapra, Shawbury, UK, 2010, 240 p., softcover, EUR 125.00 + VAT, ISBN 978-1-84735-483-9