Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 138, Issue 6, Pages 4279-4288Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-019-08157-0
Keywords
Glass transition; DSC; Fossil resins; Copal; Fossilization
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The preliminary studies on thermal behavior of differently aged natural resins from Russia (Khatanga), Dominican Republic (El Valle), Colombia and Poland (Jantar) were performed. Thermal stability and behavior under elevated temperature were investigated by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), while the differences in the structure and composition by FT-IR spectroscopy. Analyzed resins show different thermal effects during heating suggesting that possible post-reactions and structural changes occurred. TG results indicated that Dominican, Russian and Colombian resins present relatively high thermal stability under air conditions in the range of 228-300 degrees C, whereas the mass loss of 5mass% at about 217 degrees C was observed for Baltic amber. During DSC experiments, the analyzed resins expose thermal events which make impossible determination of glass transition temperature in a raw sample. The results indicate that both TG and DSC cannot be considered as methods for age dating of natural resins and more advanced techniques should be applied. Careful analysis of FT-IR data in the carbonyl region may provide additional information about the composition and history of the natural resin.
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