1017 Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 85, No. 5, pp. 1017–1046, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-02 © 2013 IUPAC, Publication date (Web): 27 March 2013 Glossary of terms relating to thermal and thermomechanical properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)* Michael Hess 1,‡ , Giuseppe Allegra 2 , Jiasong He 3 , Kazuyuki Horie 4,† , Joon-Seop Kim 1 , Stefano V. Meille 2 , Val Metanomski 5,† , Graeme Moad 6 , Robert F. T. Stepto 7 , Michel Vert 8 , and Jiří Vohlídal 9 1 Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chosun University, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, South Korea; 2 Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, 20131 Milano, Italy; 3 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; 4 Kozukayama, Tamuri-ku, Kobe 655-0002, Japan; 5 Chemical Abstracts Service, P.O. Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210-0012, USA; 6 CSRIO Materials Science and Engineering, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia; 7 School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7HS, UK; 8 IBMM University Montpellier 1 - CNRS, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; 9 Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, CZ-12840 Praha 2, Czech Republic Abstract: The document gives definitions of terms met in the conventional thermal and thermomechanical characterisation of polymeric materials. Keywords: definition of terms; IUPAC Polymer Division; polymeric materials; thermal prop- erties; thermomechanical properties. CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. GLOSSARY OF TERMS 3. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 4. MEMBERSHIP OF SPONSORING BODIES 5. REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION This document gives definitions of terms related to the thermal and thermomechanical properties of polymers prior to thermal decomposition. The terms are arranged in alphabetical order and cover defi- nitions of relevant terms from physical chemistry, polymer science, and experimental techniques. The document considers to some extent earlier reports related to the terminology of thermal analysis, for example, those published by the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry *Sponsoring body: IUPAC Polymer Division: see more details on p. 1045. ‡ Corresponding author: E-mail: hess_iupac@yahoo.de † Deceased Brought to you by | Charles University - Univerzita Karlova Authenticated Download Date | 8/22/17 3:55 PM