Title: constant oscillation-amplitude method
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - constant oscillation-amplitude method
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12753
Status: current

Definition
Forced-resonance method to determine the viscoelastic properties of a material.

Note
Indirect measurement of the energy that has to be added to a material sample to compensate the damping of the oscillation by determination of the change of the resonance frequency of a material sample.

Source
- PAC, 2013, 85, 1017. 'Glossary of terms relating to thermal and thermomechanical properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1023 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-02)

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Citation: Citation: 'constant oscillation-amplitude method' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12753
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