Title of article :
New heat flux DSC measurement technique
Author/Authors :
Robert L Danley، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages :
8
From page :
201
To page :
208
Abstract :
The heat flow signal from a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) includes significant artifacts related to the instrumentation. They may be categorized as those due to imbalances in the instrument or those resulting from instrument heat capacity effects, commonly known as “smearing”. Imbalances cause instrument baseline defects that include offset, slope and curvature. Instrument heat capacity effects reduce the resolution of transitions and increase uncertainty when performing partial integrations of transitions. A new DSC heat flow measuring technique was developed that greatly reduces instrument baseline defects resulting from imbalances. It improves resolution and dynamic response by accounting for the instrument heat capacity effects. There are three components to the new heat flow measurement technique: (1) a new heat flow sensor assembly that has independent sample and reference calorimeters and incorporates two differential temperature measurements; (2) a more comprehensive heat flow measurement equation that includes calorimeter imbalances and differences in heating rates within the instrument and (3) a calorimetric calibration technique that characterizes the imbalances and enables the more comprehensive heat flow equation to be used. A DSC incorporating the new measurement displays a greatly improved instrument baseline and substantially improved resolution.
Keywords :
Resolution , Baseline , calibration , Sensor , DSC
Journal title :
Thermochimica Acta
Serial Year :
2002
Journal title :
Thermochimica Acta
Record number :
1195859
Link To Document :
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