Author(s)
Anthony J. Bur, S C. Roth
Abstract
In prvious publications, we described a technique based on fluorescence spectrocopy to monitor resin temperature during processing. The method consists of using optical fiber sensors to monitor fluorescence from a fluorescent dye that has been doped into the processed resin. Temperature is derived from temperature induced changes in the fluorescence spectrum. In practice, a temperature calibration function is obtained from the temperature dependence of the ratio of fluorescence intensities at two wavelengths. In this paper, we address several experimental design issues: (a) the supportive role of fluorescence anisotropy maesurements to the measuring concept, (b) the experimental setup used for non-contact measurements during capillary rheometer testing, and (c) molecular level environmental issues that arise during reactive processing and temperature profiling.
Citation
Polymer Engineering and Science
Keywords
fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence spectroscopy, polymer processing, reactive processing, rheometry, temperature monitoring
Citation
Bur, A.
and Roth, S.
(2004),
Fluorescence Temperature Measurements: Methodology for Applications to Process Monitoring, Polymer Engineering and Science (Accessed May 1, 2026)
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