Transcription of A Beginner's Guide - PerkinElmer
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSD ifferential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) PerkinElmer 's DSC FamilyA Beginner's Guide This booklet provides an introduction to the concepts of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). It is written for the materials scientist unfamiliar with differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is a fundamental tool in thermal analysis. It can be used in many industries from pharmaceuticals and polymers, to nanomaterials and food products. The information these instruments generate is used to understand amorphous and crystalline behavior, polymorph and eutectic transitions, curing and degree of cure, and many other material properties used to design, manufacture, and test products. While DSCs are manufactured in several variations, PerkinElmer is the only company to make both single- and double-furnace styles. We have manufactured thermal analysis instrumentation since 1960, and understand applications better than anyone in the industry.
a real sample should show a slight upward slope toward a higher temperature. There is also a step change in the baseline across the melt as the heat capacity of a molten material is higher than that of a solid. Lack of these features suggests some form of data manipulation. Of course, a strong peak will dwarf these features.
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