Thermal sampling technique for the thermally stimulated discharge in polymers model calculations

The thermal sampling technique (TS), a modification of thermally stimulated discharge (TSD) method, is studied by means of computer simulation. The TS spectra of a series of objects involving single, multiple, and distributed Debye relaxations are calculated and then analysed by means of classical techniques. The results show the usefulness of this technique for the analysis of the distributed relaxation processes, if the distributions are continuous. Moreover, if the experimental TS spectra are analysed, it is possible to determine which of the relaxation process parameters are distributed.