The commonly used spectroscopic analyses of polymers include infrared (IR) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass(MS), x-ray(XR), and the rapidly growing near infrared(NIR). The uncommon methods that are not frequently used include nuclear quadrupole resonance(NQR), electron spin resonance, and combination techniques such as gas chromatography-infrared, thermal-infrared, gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy, and even thermal-gas chromatography-infrared or mass spectroscopy. The use of two of these methods (thermal-infrared(TGA-IR) and NQR is described, Appropriate examples are shown to point out how useful they can be.