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The thermal degradation behaviour of keratin fibres was observed by vacuum thermogravimetry. The data was numerically transformed to yield temperature based derivative curves. Complex overlapping degradation processes were indicated. Identification of the nature and source of these processes was attempted aided by chemical analyses of the residual TG samples and evolved gas analysis. The evolved gas analysis concurrent with the vacuum thermogravimetry involved (a) trapping in the pumping line followed by GC, and (b) the direct coupling to a quadrupole mass spectrometer.
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Crighton, J.S., Hole, P.N. (1980). A Derivative Thermogravimetric Study of Fibrous Proteins. In: Hemminger, W. (eds) Thermal Analysis. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6736-8_66
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