Glass-forming ability of butanediol isomers

In this study, the thermal behavior of butanediol isomers is investigated for temperatures ranging from 103 to 303 K using differential scanning calorimetry, complemented, when necessary, by polarized light thermal microscopy. The butanediol isomers display quite different thermal behaviors: for 1,2- and 1,3-isomers, glass transition is the only thermal event observed; for 1,4-butanediol, crystallization occurs on cooling even at a high scanning rate and no glass formation was detected; and for the 2,3-isomer, glass or crystal formation is dependent on the experimental conditions employed. The glass-forming ability of the isomers is correlated with data available on their molecular symmetry.

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