High Temperature Headspace Assay of Polymers with Teledyne Tekmar HT3™ Static Headspace Instrument

Since the early 1990’s air quality in enclosed spaces such as office buildings, homes and automobiles has become a major environmental concern. The concern is that man made materials used in these environments release volatile (VOC) and semivolatile organic compound (SVOC) reducing air quality in these environments.

This paper documents the assay of a HT polymer with Teledyne Tekmar’s HT3™ Static headspace instrument at 280°C. This temperature is above the glass transition temperature of the HT polymer at about 200°C and is below its melt temperature of 300°C. The HT polymer was tested to compare the VOC’s and SVOC’s released during headspace analysis to the current thermal desorption method.

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