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Pyrolysis mass spectrometry (pyrolysis-MS) offers chemically and physically rich insights into polymer materials. However, its broader application has been limited by the inherently non-quantitative nature of MS, primarily due to ionization-efficiency variability among fragment species. To overcome this limitation, we present a reference-free, data-driven analytical framework that enables robust quantitative analysis without requiring any pure-component reference spectra. By eliminating the need to prepare actual standard materials, this approach allows system components to be flexibly defined—including virtual or hypothetical entities—based on the analytical objective. As a result, phenomena previously considered incompatible with conventional compositional analysis, such as monomer sequence distributions and degrees of polymer degradation, can now be quantified within a unified framework. This advancement transforms pyrolysis-MS from a qualitative diagnostic into a versatile quantitative tool, offering new capabilities for thermal analysis, material design, and lifecycle evaluation in polymer science.

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  本論文は日本熱測定学会の許諾により、掲載後1年経過後にリポジトリ利用として公開するものです。

Keyword: reference-free quantification, TG-MS, pyrolysis-MS, polymer sequencer, degree of degradation in plastics, monomer sequence distribution

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Publisher: 日本熱測定学会

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• 熱測定 (ISSN: 03862615) vol. 52 issue. 3 p. 93-98

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• JSPS JP24K08520 (JP24K08520)

Manuscript type: Publisher's version (Version of record)

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First published URL: https://doi.org/10.11311/jscta.52.3_93

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Published on MDR: 2026-07-26 08:27:29 +0900