· Thermal analytical techniques – an overview
· Differential scanning calorimetry
· Thermogravimetry
· Thermomechnical analyses
· Other techniques: Termal optical analyses, techniques based on microscopy and diffraction experiments
· Semicrystalline polymers (crystallinity, melting point, crystallization kinetics)
· Amorphous polymers: glass transition, physical ageing, assessing phase structure in polymer blends
Degradation kinetics studies
Course schedule: 24 h lectures: this course is intended to be held every second year: