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Efficient use of modern thermal analysis instrumentation requires the availability of computer aided data collection and analysis. This is true not only for the relatively complex calculations involved in the kinetics analysis of curing systems, but for simple routine calculations and engineering unit conversions as well. Software provided by vendors for this purpose is usually satisfactory for simple operations, but available programs for kinetics analyses are often overly simplistic and inflexible or unsuited for a particular application. This work describes an automated data analysis system used in conjunction with a DuPont Model 981 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) with a Model 990 Programmer. This system collects data from the instrument and transmits the data to a minicomputer system for storage, analysis, reporting and plotting. A program was developed to perform kinetics analysis of data from DMA and various other instruments operated in the single dynamic temperature scan mode.
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Koehler, M.E., Kah, A.F., Neag, C.M., Niemann, T.F., Malihi, F.B., Provder, T. (1984). Computer Automation of the Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer and its Application to Cure Kinetics Studies and Dynamic Mechanical Property Analysis of Organic Coatings. In: Johnson, J.F., Gill, P.S. (eds) Analytical Calorimetry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2699-1_29
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