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Measurement Error Analysis and Thermal Degradation Kinetic Model Improvement for Thermogravimetric Analyzers

Guixiang Xie,Yaqi Lu,Xiaochun Lu,Zhusen Zhang,Shuidong Lin

Published 2025 in Polymers

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Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) has been extensively applied in polymeric characterization and quality inspection, facilitating in-depth investigations of the microstructural thermal response characteristics of polymers, including thermal stability, composition analysis, and thermal decomposition mechanisms. Here, the impacts of six factors on the TG thermal analysis curves obtained during operation are systematically examined while analyzing their causes and recommending solutions. Furthermore, the thermal degradation kinetics of an ionomer formed by neutralizing an ethylene–methacrylic acid copolymer with metal ions (SGP membrane) used in laminated tempered glass is analyzed using the Arrhenius equation, Ozawa–Flynn–Wall hypothesis and Kissinger method. Kinetic parameters at 5% degradation are fitted and used to predict the service lifetime of the SGP membrane. The results indicate that the SGP membrane sample exhibits activation energy Ea = 136.90 kJ/mol, reaction order n = 1.65 and pre-factor A = e25.93. It can be seen that the service lifetime of the SGP membrane sample is 16 years at 80 °C and 1.65 years at 100 °C.

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