Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) examines the temperature difference between a sample in a small pan and an empty pan when both are heated together. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) places a small sample into a balance that is enclosed in an oven.
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Dynamic Stability Control system
The main difference between DTA and DSC is that DTA technique requires to find out the difference in temperature between a sample and a reference when the heat flow is kept the same. “DSC” stands for “Differential Scanning Calorimetry” while “DTA” stands for “Differential Thermal Analysis.”
The DTA curve is a curve of temperature difference between the sample material and the reference material versus temperature or time. Applications of DTA include: • DTA is widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries.
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Thermal stability
TGA also gives the upper use temperature of a material. Beyond this temperature the material will begin to degrade. TGA is used in the analysis of polymers. Polymers usually melt before they decompose, thus TGA is mainly used to investigate the thermal stability of polymers.The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is part of the Australian Government Department of Health, and is responsible for regulating therapeutic goods including prescription medicines, vaccines, sunscreens, vitamins and minerals, medical devices, blood and blood products.
TGA Analysis or Thermogravimetry
TGA analysis measures the amount of weight change of a material, either as a function of increasing temperature, or isothermally as a function of time, in an atmosphere of nitrogen, helium, air, other gas, or in vacuum as low as 30 mTorr.The principle of the DSC is based on the measurement of heat flux required for the temperature of the sample increases or decreases. This heat flow is directly proportional to the heat capacity Cp of the material for a given temperature.
Choosing of gas in TGA instrument depends on the aim of a study like degradation, adsorption, desorption.. etc.To avoid oxidation, inert atmosphere is a good choice because that nitrogen and argon gases does not interfere with sample during thermal treatment.
Derivative Thermogravimetry. DTG is a type of thermal analysis in which the rate of material weight changes upon heating is plotted against temperature and used to simplify reading the weight versus temperature thermogram peaks which occur close together.
The temperature is increased at a constant rate for a known initial weight of the substance and the changes in weights are recorded as a function of temperature at different time interval. This plot of weight change against temperature is called thermogravimetric curve or thermogram, this is the basic principle of TGA.
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DSC analysis is used to measure melting temperature, heat of fusion, latent heat of melting, reaction energy and temperature, glass transition temperature, crystalline phase transition temperature and energy, precipitation energy and temperature, denaturization temperatures, oxidation induction times, and specific heat
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There are three general techniques for measuring Tg:
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) – This is probably the most traditional and common technique for most polymeric materials.
- Thermal Mechanical Analysis (TMA) – TMA is used to measure Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) of polymers.
Crystallization of polymers is a process associated with partial alignment of their molecular chains. Polymers can crystallize upon cooling from melting, mechanical stretching or solvent evaporation. Crystallization affects optical, mechanical, thermal and chemical properties of the polymer.
Heat Flux DSCs
A technique in which the temperature of the sample unit, formed by a sample and reference material, is varied in a specified program, and the temperature difference between the sample and the reference material is measured as a function of temperature.Matter in any form have energy(kinetic) stored in the form of motion of its constituent particles(atoms or molecules). Whenever crystallization (or liquification)takes place it involves reduction in motion of these constituent particles which is given out in form of heat thus called an exothermic change.
Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to a given mass of a material to produce a unit change in its temperature. The SI unit of heat capacity is joule per kelvin (J/K). Heat capacity is an extensive property.
