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Offline bblue

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thermogravimetric analysis! PEG
« on: June 20, 2009, 03:02:58 PM »
I had to do a TGA analysis of poly(ethylene glycol)
on the TGA graph there was only one drop
and my qn is...
What products form during the heating of poly(ethylene glycol)?

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Re: thermogravimetric analysis! PEG
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2009, 05:07:52 PM »
Well I imagine ethylene would be one of them.

Or just as easily: water and carbon dioxide. You never said how you were heating it.
Neither flask nor beaker.

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