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Two poly(butylene terephthalate)/polycarbonate (PBT/PC) blends with different formulations were analyzed by modulated DSC (MDSC) and conventional DSC to determine differences in crystallization behavior. A significant difference (30°C in cold crystallization temperature) between the two samples was detectable by MDSC while no significant difference was seen by conventional DSC. That indicatesthe total heat flow from MDSC is not always equivalent to the heat flow from conventional DSC as we have assumed or seen before. The reason has not been fully understood, but may be related to unusual nucleation and crystallization induced by modulation. Alternative conventional DSC methods were developed and compared to the MDSC results.
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Dedicated to Professor Bernhard Wunderlich on the occasion of his 65th birthday
The authors like to thank Drs. Bernhard Wunderlich and Robert Gallucci for helpful discussion, David Shaker and Mary Parsonage for some DSC experiments. Technical support from TA Instruments is also greatly appreciated.
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Jin, Y., Bonilla, J., Lin, YG. et al. A study of PBT/PC blends by modulated DSC and conventional DSC. Journal of Thermal Analysis 46, 1047–1059 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01983620
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01983620