A Method of Estimating by Infrared Spectroscopy the Relative Abundance of Polymeric Components in Complex Polymer Blends
Author
Edwards, Charles Cannon
Subject
Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Physics
Polymers -- Analysis
Polymeric composites
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There is an error in pagination: 58 is repeated on two pages. In this Honors Thesis, I describe a method created by Profesor Van Ness and myself which effectively differentiates regions of unique polymer composition within comingled products.
My goals are two fold. First, in order to provide the necessary background knowlege for another student to efficiently continue work on this project I discuss the foundations of our project, outline basic infrared spectroscopy techniques and describe the evaluation of spectra. Second, I describe our method in detail and discuss the results acheived through it with regard to the MCC5SIB blend.