I'm working with bicomponent polyester fibers and need to accurately determine the proportion of each component (e.g., core and sheath). Could anyone recommend reliable analytical techniques or methodologies for this?
If at least one of the components is crystalline, its percentage can be estimated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). If both the components are amorphous, but their chains differ in mobility, time domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD NMR) can provide quantitative information allowing determination of their respective proportion.