Polymeric Materials:

DTA is a extremely meaningful technique for the characterization  of  polymeric materials  within the light of  identification of  thermophysical , thermochemical,  thermo mechanical  and thermo elastic  modifies or transitions. It gives important parameters for polymer processing and its end use.  The DTA also gives useful information about quantitative aspect, degree of fusion, crystallinity, phase equilibrium, heat of polymerization, degree of curing etc.  A classical DTA curve of a polymer is shown in Figure along with labeled four transitions: glass transition, crystallisation, melting   and oxidation, abbreviated as T_g, T_c, T_m and T_d correspondingly.

Figure. DTA curve of a typical polymeric sample