Thermal Analysis of MaterialsDiscussing the design and optimum use of thermal analysis instrumentation for materials' property measurement, this work details how the instruments work, what they measure, potential pitfalls and the fitting of experimental results to theoretical models. It presents a tutorial on writing computer programs for data manipulation, advanced thermoanalytical methods and case studies. |
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alumina atoms baseline blackbody CaCO3 calibration calorimeter central heater ceramic coefficients coils constant converter cooling corresponding data set decomposition detector determined device differential dilatometer Dilatometry DTA trace DTA/DSC electrons emittance endotherm Endothermic Exothermic enthalpy equation Exothermic experimental extrapolation fluid fraction transformed function furnace temperature glass heat capacity heat flow heat transfer heat-flux DSC heating elements heating rate Hence infrared INPUT instrument integration latent heat linear liquid phase LVDT mass material meas melting mullite output particle perature phonon platinum polynomial power-compensated DSC pushrod pyrometer Quickbasic radiation reaction refractory result sample and reference sample temperature Schematic setpoint shift shown in Figure silica slope soda ash sodium metasilicate solid specimen spectral squared error subtracted surface technique temperature gradients temperature measurement Thermal Analysis thermal conductivity thermistor thermoanalytical thermocouple thermocouple junction tion values viscometer viscosity voltage wavelength wire x-axis zero