Dissertations / Theses: 'Pressure differential scanning calorimetry'

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Belkharchouche, Mohamed. "Pressure differential scanning calorimetry studies and its relevance to in-situ combustion." Thesis, University of Salford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280747.

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Lee, Jaesung. "Calorimetric and microbiological evaluation of bacteria after exposure to food preservation treatments." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1078597088.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xvi, 231 p.; also includes graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-224). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Pillar, Rachel Joanne, and rachel pillar@flinders edu au. "The Influence of Rolling Oil Decomposition Deposits on the Quality of 55Al-43.4Zn-1.6Si Alloy Coatings." Flinders University. School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, 2007. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20080108.132120.

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Uncoated defects in hot dip metal-coated steel products result from non-wetting of the steel surface by the molten alloy. The occurrence of uncoated defects is highly detrimental to product quality and production efficiency; uncoated defects compromise the appearance and anti-corrosion performance of hot dip metal-coated steel products and causes time delays in the application of subsequent surface treatments. Although many studies have been directed towards evaluating the effect of steel pre-heat temperature and oxidation on the formation of uncoated defects, fewer investigations have analysed how oil-derived residues remaining on steel surface following the cold rolling and furnace cleaning processes impact upon hot dip metallic coating quality. Furthermore, although a considerable amount of research has focussed on the process of deposit formation in lubricants used in other applications, the composition of oily residues remaining after the continuous annealing process, and the origins of these residues in the original rolling oil formulation, are poorly understood. The primary focus of the present work has been to gain an improved understanding of relationships between cold rolling oil composition, oil residue-formation characteristics and the occurrence of uncoated defects in 55Al-43.4Zn-1.6Si hot dip metallic coatings. Several key classes of rolling oil ingredients which decompose to leave high levels of thermally-stable residue have been identified. The thermal decomposition processes undergone by a variety ingredients within these classes have been studied under both oxidising and reducing conditions using Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry (PDSC) techniques, with chemical characterisation of the decomposition process and the resultant thermally-stable residue by infrared spectroscopy. Model blends of each ingredient in a typical cold rolling oil base ester have also been evaluated by TGA and PDSC to identify the impact of ingredient concentration and chemical structure on the amount of oily residue formed. The results of these investigations have been related to the impact of the ingredients on 55Al-43.4Zn-1.6Si hot dip metallic coating quality through the performance of industrial-scale hot dipping trials and hot dip simulation studies. In order to translate these results into a context more closely aligned with industrial conditions, the effect of processing variables, including furnace atmosphere and the availability/concentration of iron in contact with the rolling oil at the steel surface, on the decomposition process of a fully-formulated commercial cold rolling oil has also been investigated. The information gained can potentially be used to tailor operating conditions within the cold rolling/continuous hot dip metallic coating processes to enhance steel surface cleanliness. Finally, the deposit-forming tendencies of an array of different commercial cold rolling oils have been evaluated, leading to the development of a thermal analysis-based test for screening cold rolling oils with respect to their likely impact upon 55Al-43.4Zn-1.6Si hot dip metallic coating quality. This test, together with the understanding obtained on the effect of different rolling oil ingredients on hot dip metallic coating quality, can be used within the industry to formulate improved cold rolling oils.

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Batisai, Eustina. "Synthesis and sorption studies of porous metal-organic hosts." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79803.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The first part of this study describes the synthesis of new porous materials from basic building blocks. Five structurally related ligands namely: N,N'-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)-naphthalene diimide (L1), N,N'-bis(4-pyridylmethyl)-naphthalene diimide (L2), N,N'-bis(4-pyridylmethyl)- pyromellitic diimide (L3), N,N'-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)-pyromellitic diimide (L4) and 2-(pyridin-4- ylmethyl)-benzene tricarboxylic anhydride (L5) were synthesised. Ligands L1 and L2 were reacted with metal nitrates and carboxylates as co-ligands in a systematic manner with a view to obtaining potentially porous 3–D coordination polymers. Ten structurally diverse coordination polymers were obtained and they were characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis. Four of these compounds absorb moderate amounts of CO2 and, in addition, show sorption selectivity towards CO2 over N2. The reaction of L3 and L4 with transition metal halides yielded two 1–D chains, while the reaction of L5 with transition metal nitrates yielded seven coordination polymers of which four are 2–D and three are 1–D. Of the 2–D structures three are isostructural. The second part of this work describes a variable pressure study of a flexible metal-organic framework [Zn2(BDC)2(BPY)] (BPY = 4,4 -bipyridine and BDC = 1,4-benzene dicarboxylic acid). [Zn2(BDC)2(BPY)] is one of the few examples of a flexible metal-organic framework that undergoes phase transformations in response to gas pressure. The high pressure sorption recorded for this metal-organic framework displays two inflection steps in the pressure range 0 to 30 bar, possibly indicating two phase transformations. The gas-loaded structures for each phase transformation were determined by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. High-pressure differential scanning calorimetry was also carried out on the system in order to determine accurate gate-opening pressures, as well as the energies involved with each phase transformation. The results correlate with those obtained from single-crystal X-ray diffraction and high-pressure sorption. The final section reports the mechanochemical synthesis of two Werner complexes [NiCl2(4- PhPy)4] (1), [CoCl2(4-PhPy)4] (2) and their corresponding solid solution [Ni0.5Co0.5Cl2(4-PhPy)4] (3) (PhPy = phenyl pyridine). The solid solution could only be formed by mechanochemical synthesis and not by conventional solution crystallisation methods. The solid solution exhibits sorption properties that differ from those of the pure compounds.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die eerste deel van hierdie studie beskryf die sintese van nuwe poreuse stowwe uit basiese boublokke. Vyf struktureel verwante ligande naamlik: N,N'-bis(3-piridielmetiel)-naftaleen diimied (L1), N,N'-bis(4-piridielmetiel)-naftaleen diimied (L2), N,N'-bis(4-piridielmetiel)- piromellitien diimied (L3), N,N'-bis(3-piridielmetiel)-piromellitien diimied (L4) en 2-(piridiel-4- ielmetiel)benseen trianhidried (L5) is gesintetiseer. Ligande L1 en L2 is gereageer met metaal nitrate en karboksielsure as mede-ligande in 'n sistematiese wyse met 'n oog op die verkryging van potensieel poreuse 3–D koördinasie polimere. Tien struktureel diverse koördinasie polimere is verkry en hulle is gekarakteriseer deur enkel-kristal X-straal-diffraksie, poeier X-straal diffraksie en termo-analise (thermal analysis). Vier van hierdie verbindings het matige hoeveelhede CO2 geabsorbeer en, bykomend, wys sorpsie selektiwiteit van CO2 oor N2. Die reaksie van L3 en L4 met oorgangsmetaalhaliede het twee 1–D kettings gevorm, terwyl die reaksie van L5 met oorgangsmetaal nitrate sewe koördinasie polimere opgelewer het, waarvan vier 2–D en drie 1–D polimere is. Van die 2–D polimere het drie vergelykbare strukture. Die tweede deel van hierdie werk beskryf 'n veranderlike druk studie van 'n buigsame metaalorganiese raamwerk [Zn2(BDC)2(BPY)] (BPY = 4,4-bipiridien en BDC = 1,4-benseen dikarboksielsuur). [Zn2(BDC)2(BPY)] is een van die min voorbeelde van 'n buigsame metaalorganiese raamwerk wat fase transformasies (phase transformations) ondergaan in respons op ‘n verandering in gas druk. Die hoë-druk sorpsie aangeteken vir hierdie metaal-organiese raamwerk vertoon twee infleksie stappe in die gebestudeerde druk gebied (0 tot 30 bar), wat moontlik op twee fase transformasies dui. Die gas-gelaaide strukture vir elke fase transformasie is bepaal deur middel van enkel-kristal X-straal-diffraksie. Hoë-druk differensiële skandeer kalorimetrie (differential scanning calorimetry) is ook uitgevoer op die stelsel ten einde dié akkurate hekopenings druk, sowel as die energie betrokke by elke fase transformasie te bepaal. Die resultate stem ooreen met dié verkry vanaf enkel-kristal X-straal diffraksie en hoë-druk sorpsie. Die finale afdeling bespreek die meganochemiese sintese van twee Werner komplekse [NiCl2(4-PhPy)4] (1) en [COCl2(4-PhPy)4] (2) en hul ooreenstemmende vaste oplossing (solid solution) [Ni0.5Co0.5Cl2(4-PhPy)4] (3). Die vaste oplossing kan slegs gevorm word deur meganochemiese sintese en nie deur konvensionele oplossing kristallisasie metodes. Die vaste oplossing vertoon sorpsie eienskappe wat verskil van dié van die suiwer verbindings.

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Santos, Anne Gabriella Dias. "Avalia??o da estabilidade t?rmica e oxidativa dos biodieseis de algod?o, girassol, dend? e sebo bovino." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2010. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17619.

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The search for new sources of environmentally friendly energy is growing every day. Among these alternative energies, biodiesel is a biofuel that has had prominence in world production. In Brazil, law 11.097, determine that all diesel sold in the country must be made by mixing diesel/biodiesel. The latter called BX, , where X represents the percent volume of biodiesel in the diesel oil, as specified by the ANP. In order to guarantee the quality of biodiesel and its mixtures, the main properties which should be controlled are the thermal and oxidative stability. These properties depend mainly of the chemical composition on the raw materials used to prepare the biodiesel. This dissertation aims to study the overall thermal and oxidative stability of biodiesel derived from cotton seed oil, sunflower oil, palm oil and beef tallow, as well as analyze the properties of the blends made from mineral oil and biodiesel in proportion B10. The main physical-chemical properties of oils and animal fat, their respective B100 and blends were determined. The samples were characterized by infrared and gas chromatography (GC). The study of thermal and oxidative stability were performed by thermogravimetry (TG), pressure differential scanning calorimeter (PDSC) and Rancimat. The obtained biodiesel samples are within the specifications established by ANP Resolution number 7/2008. In addition, all the blends and mineral diesel analyzed presented in conformed withthe ANP Regularion specifications number 15/2006. The obtained results from TG curves data indicated that the cotton biodiesel is the more stable combustible. In the kinetic study, we obtained the following order of apparent activation energy for the samples: biodiesel from palm oil > sunflower biodiesel > tallow biodiesel > cotton biodiesel. In terms of the oxidative stability, the two methods studied showed that biodiesel from palm oil is more stable then the tallow. Within the B100 samples studied only the latter were tound to be within the standard required by ANP resolution N? 7. Testing was carried out according to the EN14112. This higher stability its chemical composition
A busca por novas fontes de energia, que sejam ecologicamente corretas, cresce a cada dia. Dentre essas energias alternativas, o biodiesel ? um dos biocombust?veis que vem tendo destaque na produ??o mundial. No Brasil, a Lei n? 11.097, determina que todo diesel vendido no pa?s, deve ser constitu?do pela mistura de ?leo diesel/biodiesel, denominado BX, onde X representa o percentual em volume de biodiesel no ?leo diesel, conforme especifica??o da Ag?ncia Nacional do Petr?leo (ANP). Entre as principais propriedades que devem ser controladas para garantir a qualidade do biodiesel est?o as estabilidades t?rmica e oxidativa, as quais dependem, basicamente, da composi??o da mat?ria prima utilizada. Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a estabilidade t?rmica e oxidativa de biodieseis provenientes dos ?leos de algod?o, girassol, dend? e do sebo bovino, assim como analisar as propriedades das blendas feitas do ?leo mineral com biodiesel, na propor??o B10. Foram determinadas as principais propriedades f?sico-qu?micas dos ?leos vegetais e gordura animal, das respectivas amostras de B100 e suas misturas, al?m de caracteriza??es atrav?s de infravermelho e cromatografia a g?s. O estudo das estabilidades t?rmica e oxidativa foram realizados atrav?s de Termogravimetria (TG), Calorimetria Explorat?ria Diferencial sob Press?o (PDSC) e Rancimat. As amostras de biodiesel obtidas est?o dentro das especifica??es estabelecidas pela Resolu??o da ANP No7/2008. As misturas analisadas e o diesel mineral apresentaram todos os resultados em conformidade com as especifica??es da Portaria da ANP N?15/2006. Os resultados obtidos via TG apontam o biodiesel de algod?o como o mais est?vel. No estudo cin?tico, obteve-se a seguinte ordem de energia de ativa??o aparente: biodiesel de dend? > biodiesel de girassol > biodiesel de sebo > biodiesel de algod?o. Em rela??o ? estabilidade oxidativa os resultados obtidos via PDSC e Rancimat indicaram que o biodiesel de dend? foi o mais est?vel, e em seguida o de sebo. Dentre os B100 estudados, o de dend? e sebo bovino, se encontraram dentro dos padr?es exigidos na Resolu??o ANP N?7 (tempo de indu??o 6h), os ensaios foram realizados de acordo com a norma Europ?ia EN14112, a temperatura de 110?C. A maior estabilidade do biodiesel de dend? pode ser atribu?do ? sua composi??o qu?mica

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Thompson, M. "Matrix effects in differential scanning calorimetry." Thesis, Open University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281223.

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Nikolopoulos, Christos. "Mathematical modelling of modulated-temperature differential scanning calorimetry." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/659.

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Dumitrescu, Oana Roxana. "Simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry : Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421231.

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Jiang, Zhong. "Temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry : modelling and applications." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2000. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU603190.

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The research described in this thesis focused on the TMDSC technique with respect to both theoretical problems and applications. Theoretically, modelling work has been performed to address the effects of heat transfer in the measuring cell on both dynamic and quasi-isothermal TMDSC experiments. The problems of heat transfer generally influence the measured complex heat capacity and phase angle values, but eventually affect the precise measurements of other frequency dependent quantities such as the in-phase and out-of-phase heat capacities. A procedure has been suggested to correct the measured phase angle obtained by dynamic TMDSC using the scaled complex heat capacity trace (Chapter 3). The modulation frequency dependence of the instrumental phase angle has been fully investigated using more realistic models in terms of various heat transfer interface qualities, sample properties and sensor properties. In these models, it is emphasised that the measured temperatures are the sensor temperatures rather than the sample temperatures, thus, the contributions of the sensor's properties to the heat transfer are, for the first time, separated from the overall effects (Chapter 4 and Chapter 5). The consequent effects of heat transfer on the sample's heat capacity measurements are investigated based on the models suggested (Chapter 6). All the modelling results are compared with the corresponding experimental data obtained by ADSC (Mettler-Toledo Ltd) and they are in good agreement. Ripples and fluctuations which appear on the experimental signals during the glass transition and cold crystallisation transition have been simulated using* a simple model in which the period of the modulation signals changes with the time during the transitions, and then, been shown to be artefacts of the Fourier transformation process used by TMDSC evaluations (Chapter 7). The applications of TMDSC to both research and commercial samples are reported in terms of differing either the experimental conditions or the thermal history of the sample. Separating of time dependent kinetic processes from the time independent dynamic processes has been applied on the studies of the glass transition (for polycarbonate and poly(ethylene terephthalate)), the cold crystallisation (for poly(ethylene terephthalate)), the melting transition (for poly(ethylene terephthalate) and lead/tin alloys), the clearing transition of a liquid crystal polymer, and the vitrification of an epoxy resin under quasi-isothermal conditions. The main conclusion drawn from these studies is that the in-phase heat capacity is greatly influenced by the frequency of the temperature modulations even when the underlying heating (or cooling) rate remains the same. This strongly implies that the sample undergoes different structural change under different modulation conditions for the melting transition and clearing transition, but not for the glass transition and cold crystallisation. However, the interpretations of the in-phase heat capacity and out-of- phase heat capacity still need to be clarified. The detection of the glass transition and clearing point for the liquid crystal polymers, and the determination of wax appearance temperature for crude oils, show the ability of TMDSC for combining the sensitivity of a measurement at high instantaneous heating or cooling rates with the resolution obtained by measuring at a low underlying heating or cooling rates. The work on the isothermal curing of the epoxy resins displays the ability of TMDSC on measuring the heat capacity of the sample and its variation under the quasi-isothermal conditions. The frequency dependent complex heat capacity during the glass transition provides a window to measure the apparent activation energy of the transition, which is different, in some extent, from the window used by conventional DSC. The results are correlated by a shift factor. Some shortcomings of TMDSC, however, have been noticed in both modelling and application work. Firstly, any experiments for the purpose of either understanding or the quantitative measurements of TMDSC output quantities should be performed under carefully selected conditions which can satisfy the linear response assumption. Secondly, some signals in particular those associated with kinetic processes may not be fully sampled by TMDSC due to the limit of the observing window of a modulation. Thirdly, when the sensitivity is improved on TMDSC by separating the kinetics processes and noises from the dynamic processes, the TMDSC evaluation procedure introduces mathematical artefacts into the output signals. As a consequence, it is preferable to include as many temperature modulations as possible within any transition being studied in order to obtain good quality experimental signals by eliminating or minimising these artefacts, which, however, is not an easy task for some very abrupt transitions such as melting of metals.

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Miotto, Fernanda. "Reação de desinserção em SbxCoSb3-x." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2010. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/566.

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O composto SbxCoSb3-x foi produzido em altas pressões e altas temperaturas em uma reação de auto-inserção a partir da escuterudita binária CoSb3. A reação de auto-inserção é caracterizada pelo colapso de átomos de Sb para o sítio 2a, no interior das cavidades formadas pelos átomos de Co e Sb na estrutura da escuterudita. A reação inversa, de desinserção de Sb, ocorre quando o composto SbxCoSb3-x é aquecido à pressão ambiente. O acompanhamento desta reação de desinserção por meio de medidas de calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC), difração de raios X (DRX) e de resistividade elétrica constitui o objetivo principal deste trabalho. A amostra de CoSb3 foi sintetizada conforme rota proposta pela literatura. A síntese foi confirmada por meio de DRX, e não foi observada a presença de fases contaminantes. Amostras cilíndricas da fase SbxCoSb3-x foram obtidas submetendo CoSb3 a pressões de 7,7 GPa e temperaturas de até 550ºC, com o auxílio de prensas hidráulicas e câmaras toroidais disponíveis no Laboratório de Altas Pressões e Materiais Avançados LAPMA no Instituto de Física da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul IF/UFRGS. A presença da fase SbxCoSb3-x foi comprovada por meio de análises de DRX. Para determinação da resistividade elétrica de amostras ricas de fase SbxCoSb3-x foi desenvolvido um sistema DC, aplicável a amostras cilíndricas de pequeno volume tal como as obtidas em altas pressões e altas temperaturas. A aferição do sistema foi feita através de medidas de resistividade elétrica de materiais de referência (NIST-SRM 1461 e NIST-SRM 8426). As medidas de DSC revelaram a presença de dois eventos térmicos. Um pico endotérmico foi observado em 118ºC e não está associado a alterações estruturais e nem a variações significativas na resistividade elétrica. O evento exotérmico, que inicia em 180ºC, constitui a assinatura da desinserção dos átomos de Sb do interior da escuterudita, como verificado por análises de DRX e medidas elétricas. Após aquecimento até 350ºC, a amostra rica na fase SbxCoSb3-x retorna à fase estável, CoSb3. A reação de desinserção obedece a uma cinética de primeira ordem, cuja entalpia de transição é de aproximadamente 50 J /g e uma energia de ativação de 83 kJ/mol. A resistividade elétrica à temperatura ambiente de amostras ricas em SbxCoSb3-x é cerca de dez vezes inferior à do CoSb3. Este resultado, aliado possivelmente a uma baixa condutividade térmica, sugere que a fase de auto-inserção SbxCoSb3-x pode constituir um material termoelétrico de alto desempenho.
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The compound SbxCoSb3-x was produced at high pressures and high temperatures in a self-insertion reaction from the binary skutterudite CoSb3. The self-insertion reaction is characterized by the collapse of Sb atoms to the 2a site, into the cage formed by the Co and Sb atoms in the skutterudite structure. The opposite reaction, i.e., Sb desinsertion, occurs when the SbxCoSb3-x compound is heated at room pressure. This desinsertion reaction was followed by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electrical resistivity measurements, and its study constitutes the main objective of this work. The CoSb3 sample was synthesized as described in the literature. The synthesis was confirmed by XRD, and the presence of contaminant phases was not observed. Cylindrical samples of the SbxCoSb3-x phase were obtained by submitting CoSb3 at pressures of 7.7 GPa and temperatures up to 550ºC, with the aid of a toroidal high pressure cell available at the Laboratório de Altas Pressões e Materiais Avançados - LAPMA in the Instituto de Física of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - IF/UFRGS. The presence of the SbxCoSb3-x phase was confirmed by XRD analysis. In order to determine the electrical resistivity of samples rich in SbxCoSb3-x phase, a DC system was developed which is applicable to small volume cylindrical samples such as those obtained at high pressures and high temperatures. The calibration of the DC system was made by measurements of the electrical resistivity of reference materials (NIST-SRM 1461 and NIST-SRM 8426). The DSC measurements revealed the presence of two thermal events. An endothermic peak was observed at 118ºC which is not associated to structural changes neither significant variation in the electrical resistivity. The exothermic event that starts at 180ºC is the signature of the desinsertion of Sb atoms from the skutterudite cage, as verified by XRD analysis and electrical measurements. After heating to 350°C, the sample rich in the SbxCoSb3-x phase converts back to the stable phase, CoSb3. The desinsertion reaction follows a first-order kinetics, with a transition enthalpy of approximately 50 J/g and an activation energy of 83 kJ/mol. The electrical resistivity at room temperature of samples rich in SbxCoSb3-x is about ten times smaller than that of CoSb3. This result, along with a possible low thermal conductivity, suggests that SbxCoSb3-x may constitute a high performance thermoelectric material.

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Snell, Andrew John Roger. "Application of Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Characterize Thin Film Deposition Processes." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1280943337.

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Gouni, Sreeja Reddy. "Cure Kinetics of Benzoxazine/Cycloaliphatic Epoxy Resin by Differential Scanning Calorimetry." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10689461.

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Understanding the curing kinetics of a thermoset resin has a significant importance in developing and optimizing curing cycles in various industrial manufacturing processes. This can assist in improving the quality of final product and minimizing the manufacturing-associated costs. One approach towards developing such an understanding is to formulate kinetic models that can be used to optimize curing time and temperature to reach a full cure state or to determine time to apply pressure in an autoclave process. Various phenomenological reaction models have been used in the literature to successfully predict the kinetic behavior of a thermoset system. The current research work was designed to investigate the cure kinetics of Bisphenol-A based Benzoxazine (BZ-a) and Cycloaliphatic epoxy resin (CER) system under isothermal and nonisothermal conditions by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The cure characteristics of BZ-a/CER copolymer systems with 75/25 wt% and 50/50 wt% have been studied and compared to that of pure benzoxazine under nonisothermal conditions. The DSC thermograms exhibited by these BZ-a/CER copolymer systems showed a single exothermic peak, indicating that the reactions between benzoxazine-benzoxazine monomers and benzoxazine-cycloaliphatic epoxy resin were interactive and occurred simultaneously. The Kissinger method and isoconversional methods including Ozawa-Flynn-Wall and Freidman were employed to obtain the activation energy values and determine the nature of the reaction. The cure behavior and the kinetic parameters were determined by adopting a single step autocatalytic model based on Kamal and Sourour phenomenological reaction model. The model was found to suitably describe the cure kinetics of copolymer system prior to the diffusion-control reaction. Analyzing and understanding the thermoset resin system under isothermal conditions is also important since it is the most common practice in the industry. The BZ-a/CER copolymer system with 75/25 wt% ratio which exhibited high glass transition temperature compared to polybenzoxazine was investigated under isothermal conditions. The copolymer system exhibited the maximum reaction rate at an intermediate degree of cure (20 to 40%), indicating that the reaction was autocatalytic. Similar to the nonisothermal cure kinetics, Kamal and Sourour phenomenological reaction model was adopted to determine the kinetic behavior of the system. The theoretical values based on the developed model showed a deviation from the obtained experimental values, which indicated the change in kinetics from a reaction-controlled mechanism to a diffusion-controlled mechanism with increasing reaction conversion. To substantiate the hypothesis, Fournier et al?s diffusion factor was introduced into the model, resulting in an agreement between the theoretical and experimental values. The changes in cross-linking density and the glass transition temperature (Tg) with increasing epoxy concentration were investigated under Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA). The BZ-a/CER copolymer system with the epoxy content of less than 40 wt% exhibited the greatest Tg and cross-linking density compared to benzoxazine homopolymer and other ratios.

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Song, Mo. "Applications of modulated-temperature differential scanning calorimetry to multi-component polymer materials." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337256.

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Martin, A. C. S. "Comb shaped polymer-salt systems : A.C. conductivity and differential scanning calorimetry studies." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.382751.

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Kuntz, Michael. "Quantifying Isothermal Solidification Kinetics during Transient Liquid Phase Bonding using Differential Scanning Calorimetry." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/890.

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The problem of inaccurate measurement techniques for quantifying isothermal solidification kinetics during transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding in binary and ternary systems; and resulting uncertainty in the accuracy of analytical and numerical models has been addressed by the development of a new technique using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). This has enabled characterization of the process kinetics in binary and ternary solid/liquid diffusion couples resulting in advancement of the fundamental theoretical understanding of the mechanics of isothermal solidification. The progress of isothermal solidification was determined by measuring the fraction of liquid remaining after an isothermal hold period of varying length. A 'TLP half sample', or a solid/liquid diffusion couple was setup in the sample crucible of a DSC enabling measurement of the heat flow relative to a reference crucible containing a mass of base metal. A comparison of the endotherm from melting of an interlayer with the exotherm from solidification of the residual liquid gives the fraction of liquid remaining. The Ag-Cu and Ag-Au-Cu systems were employed in this study. Metallurgical techniques were used to compliment the DSC results. The effects of sample geometry on the DSC trace have been characterized. The initial interlayer composition, the heating rate, the reference crucible contents, and the base metal coating must be considered in development of the experimental parameters. Furthermore, the effects of heat conduction into the base metal, baseline shift across the initial melting endotherm, and the exclusion of primary solidification upon cooling combine to systematically reduce the measured fraction of liquid remaining. These effects have been quantified using a modified temperature program, and corrected using a universal factor. A comparison of the experimental results with the predictions of various analytical solutions for isothermal solidification reveals that the moving interface solution can accurately predict the interface kinetics given accurate diffusion data. The DSC method has been used to quantify the process kinetics of isothermal solidification in a ternary alloy system, with results compared to a finite difference model for interface motion. The DSC results show a linear relationship between the interface position and the square root of the isothermal hold time. While the numerical simulations do not agree well with the experimental interface kinetics due to a lack of accurate thermodynamic data, the model does help develop an understanding of the isothermal solidification mechanics. Compositional shift at the solid/liquid interface has been measured experimentally and compared with predictions. The results show that the direction of tie-line shift can be predicted using numerical techniques. Furthermore, tie-line shift has been observed in the DSC results. This study has shown that DSC is an accurate and valuable tool in the development of parameters for processes employing isothermal solidification, such as TLP bonding.

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Goodman, M. "Differential scanning calorimetry and permeation studies of penetration enhancer and human skin interactions." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.374906.

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Hill, Vivienne Lucy. "An investigation into the use of MTDSC as a technique for the characterisation of pharmaceutical materials." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322735.

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Hirachand, Katan. "The formation, decomposition and inhibition of clathrate hydrate systems measured by differential scanning calorimetry." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324673.

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Pinto, Rafaela Rocha 1985. "Determinação da capacidade calorífica a pressão constante de ácidos graxos através da calorimetria exploratória diferencial." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/266859.

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Orientador: Maria Alvina Krähenbühl
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química
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Resumo: Nos últimos anos tem aumentado o interesse em combustíveis oriundos de fontes renováveis como é o caso do biodiesel. Tendo em vista que os ácidos graxos são componentes de óleos e gorduras, usados para a produção do biodiesel em reações de transesterificação, e cujas propriedades ainda são bastante escassas na literatura, o objetivo do presente trabalho foi o de contribuir com dados experimentais de capacidade calorífica (cp) de ácidos graxos, constituintes de óleos e gorduras. Tais dados são necessários para os balanços de energia e para o projeto de equipamentos visando a purificação de óleos, bem como para o cálculo de reações químicas. A análise térmica diferencial é uma técnica dinâmica que vem sendo muito utilizada na determinação de dados térmicos, como capacidade calorífica, temperaturas de mudanças de estado, determinação da pureza de substâncias, entre outras. O cp é a medida da quantidade de energia necessária por unidade de massa (ou mol) de uma substância para elevar sua temperatura em um grau. Neste trabalho foram determinados os dados de cp dos seguintes ácidos graxos em fase líquida e pressão ambiente: ácido caprílico (C8:0), ácido cáprico (C10:0), ácido láurico (C12:0), ácido mirístico (C14:0), ácido palmítico (C16:0), ácido esteárico (C18:0), ácido oléico (C18:1) e ácido linoléico (C18:2). Para determinar a capacidade calorífica dos ácidos graxos, foi utilizado o Calorímetro Exploratório Diferencial - DSC da TA Instruments. Os dados experimentais foram processados pelo método do software Thermal Specialty Library versão 2.2 e pelo método da Amplitude. Os resultados mostraram que a capacidade calorífica aumenta com a temperatura e com o tamanho da cadeia carbônica. Entre os métodos avaliados não houve diferença entre os resultados obtidos. Os dados experimentais foram comparados com dados obtidos pelo método de contribuição de grupos e os desvios relativos chegaram a 15 %. O intervalo de temperatura de exploração foi de 308 K (35 ºC) a 573 K (300 ºC)
Abstract: In recent years the interest in renewable sources of fuels such as biodiesel has been increasing. Considering that fatty acids are components of fats and oils, used in the production of biodiesel in the transesterification reactions, and whose properties are still quite scarce in the literature, the purpose of this study was to contribute with experimental data of heat capacity (cp) of fatty acid constituents of oils and fats. Such data are needed for energy balances, for the design of equipment aimed at purification of oils and also for the calculation of chemical reactions. Differential thermal analysis is a dynamic technique that has been widely used in the determination of thermal data such as heat capacity, purity determination, phase change temperatures and others. The cp is the amount of energy required per unit mass (or mole) of a substance to raise its temperature by one degree. The cp were determined, in liquid phase and at atmospheric pressure, of the following fatty acids: caprylic acid (C8:0), capric acid (C10:0), lauric acid (C12:0), myristic acid (C14:0), palmitic acid (C16:0), stearic acid (C18:0), oleic acid (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2). To determine the heat capacities of the fatty acids, a Differential Scanning Calorimeter - DSC, of TA Instruments, was used. The experimental data were processed using the Thermal Specialty Library (version 2.2) software and the method of vertical displacement. The results showed that the heat capacity increased with temperature and with the length of the alkyl chains. A comparison of the two methods showed no difference between the resulting information, and when the data from the experiments were compared with the data obtained from the group contribution method, there was a relative deviation of 15%. The working temperature range was from 308 K (35 ºC) to 573 K (300 ºC)
Mestrado
Desenvolvimento de Processos Químicos
Mestre em Engenharia Química

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Bunyaraksh, S. S. "Relation between dyeability of polyester yarn and its structure : Studied by density measurements and differential scanning calorimetry." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379540.

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Kirby, Erin. "Study of low temperature nondenaturational conformational change of bovine alpha-chymotrypsin by slow- scanrate differential scanning calorimetry." Thesis, Texas Woman's University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1550669.

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Slow-scan-rate differential scanning calorimetry of enzymes can detect conformational changes which are under kinetic control and not observable at standard scan rates. This method detected a nondenaturational conformational change of bovine &agr;-chymotrypsin at 286 K. This temperature occurs between bovine physiological temperature of 312 K and x-ray crystallography temperature, typically 277 K. This suggests that there are two conformers of &agr;-chymotrypsin, a low temperature conformation and a physiological temperature conformation. The low-temperature to physiological-temperature conformational change has a high activation energy and thus is temperature dependent. The equilibrium thermodynamic changes suggest a reordering of the enzyme structure to give more favorable inter-residue interactions accompanied by an ordering of the structure but one in which there is no change in associated water molecules. The transition state thermodynamics suggest a very strained transition state but one where, again, no change in water interactions is detectable.

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Fischer, Sabine. "Charakterisierung von exothermen Zersetzungsreaktionen mit thermoanalytischen und numerischen Methoden." Tönning Lübeck Marburg Der Andere Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988248646/04.

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Benedek, Christina. "Synthese und Eigenschaften neuartiger, nichtkristallisierbarer Amphiphile als Baustein für biologische Modellmembranen." [S.l. : s.n.], 2000. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB8590236.

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Holeman, Teryn A., and Teryn A. Holeman. "Effects of Three Cardiomyopathic-Causing Mutations (D230N, D84N, and E62Q) on the Structure and Flexibility of α-Tropomyosin." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624101.

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Cardiac contraction at the level of the sarcomere is regulated by the thin filament (TF) composed of actin, alpha tropomyosin (TPM), and the troponin (Tn) complex (cTnT: cTnC: cTnI). The "gate-keeper" protein, α-TPM, is a highly conserved α-helical, coiled-coil dimer that spans actin and regulates myosin-actin interactions. The N-terminus of one α-TPM dimer inter-digitates with the C-terminus of the adjacent dimer in a head-to-tail fashion forming the flexible and cooperative TPM-overlap that is necessary for myofilament activation. Two dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) causing mutations in TPM (D84N and D230N) and one hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) causing mutation (E62Q), all identified in large, unrelated, multigenerational families, were utilized to study how primary alterations in protein structure cause functional deficits. We hypothesize that structural changes from a single point mutation propagate along the -helical coiled-coil of TPM, thus affecting its regulatory function. Structural effects of the mutations studied via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) on TPM alone revealed significant changes in the thermal unfolding temperatures of both the C- and N-termini for all mutants compared to WT, indicating that mutational effects propagate to both ends of TPM, thus affecting the overlap region. Although, of note, the proximal termini to the mutation has shown more significant structural changes compared to WT. DSC analysis on fully reconstituted TF’s (Tn:TPM:Actin) revealed effects on the TPM-Actin cooperativity of activation, affecting interaction strength (thermal stability), and the rigidity of TPM moving along actin (FWHM). To characterize the resultant functional effect of these discrete changes in thermal stability and TPM rigidity, ATPase assays were used to measure actomyosin activation in the presence and absence of Ca2+. Together, these data will provide a molecular level understanding of the structural and functional deficits caused by these mutations to help elucidate the mechanisms leading to disease.

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Zander, Patrik, and Johan Hammarström. "Värmebehandling av segjärn med hög kiselhalt." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Maskinteknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16377.

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Bakgrunden till detta examensarbete var att Qumex Materialteknik vid ett flertal tillfällen konstaterat att material av typen SS 0725 har uppvisat bristfälliga härdresultat. Materialet, som är relativt nytt på marknaden, är ett gjutjärn av typen segjärn och utmärker sig gentemot andra segjärn på grund av sitt höga innehåll av kisel. Då segjärn enligt den nu gällande EN-standarden klassificeras efter sina mekaniska egenskaper uppstår ett problem gällande SS 0725. Materialet uppfyller de krav som är ställda för EN-GJS-500-7 och hamnar därmed under samma materialbeteckning som ett segjärn med betydligt lägre kiselhalt. Att två material med olika kemisk sammansättning hamnar under samma beteckning kan innebära problem. Syftet med denna rapport är att fastslå vilken påverkan den höga kiselhalten har på materialet vid värmebehandling av typen släckhärdning med efterföljande anlöpning. I försöken ingick fyra material. Det som skiljde materialen åt var halterna av koppar och kisel. De härdades vid tre olika temperaturer och under tre olika tider för att sedan släckas i olja. Målet med släckhärdningen var att materialen skulle få en helt martensitisk struktur vilket då klassades som ett bra härdresultat. Resultatet utvärderades sedan genom optisk mikroskopi och hårdhetsmätningar. En undersökning av materialens fasomvandlingstemperaturer genomfördes med hjälp av Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Resultatet visar att kiselhalten har stor påverkan på den temperatur som krävs för att erhålla ett bra härdresultat. För material med låg kiselhalt uppnåddes fullständig martensitbildning efter släckhärdning från 840°C. För material med hög kiselhalt uppnåddes liknande strukturella och hårdhetsmässiga resultat först vid en så hög temperatur som 900°C och behandlingstider längre än 1 h. Den relativa skillnad som uppmättes i fasomvandlingstemperatur med hjälp av Differential Scanning Calorimetry mellan högkiselmaterial och lågkiselmaterial var 45°C. Detta resultat kombinerat med analyserna av härdprocesserna visar att det krävs kraftigt ökad temperatur vid värmebehandling av högkiselmaterialet SS 0725.
The background to this thesis was that Qumex Materialteknik at several occasions had received material of type SS 0725 that had shown deficient heat treatment results. The material, which is relatively new, is a cast iron of type ductile iron and differ against other ductile irons because of its high silicon content. According to EN standard ductile irons are classified by their mechanical properties. A problem then occurs with the new material SS 0725 because of this. The material fulfils the requirements for EN-GJS-500-7 and is therefore in the same classification as a ductile iron with much lower silicon content. Two materials having major differences in chemical composition ending up in the same classification can be problematic. The purpose of this report is to determine impact of high silicon content in ductile iron when heat treated and quench hardened. The experiment included four materials, and the major difference between the materials were their content of copper and silicon. The heat treatment process was performed at three different temperatures and three different treatment times. Afterwards the samples were quenched in oil. The ambition of the quench hardening was to obtain a material structure of 100% martensite. By optical microscopy and hardness measurements the results then were evaluated. An investigation of the phase transformation temperature in the materials was made by using Differential Scanning Calorimetry. The results show that the amount of silicon content has great influence on the temperature for receiving good hardening results. To achieve 100% martensite after quench hardening in materials with low silicon content the temperature needs to be over 840°C. For material with high level of silicon content the temperature for achieving 100% martensite needs to be 900°C and the treatment time should be over 1 h. The relative difference in phase transformation temperature was measured using Differential Scanning Calorimetry. The results of the measurements between the materials with high silicon content and materials with low silicon content was 45°C. This result combined with the analysis of the heat treatment process shows that a major increase of the temperature is needed to heat treat SS 0725.

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Hoyle, N. D. "The characterisation of the adsorptive and catalytic properties of supported platinum metal catalysts by methods including differential scanning calorimetry." Thesis, Brunel University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.370135.

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Pöhlmann, Milena. "Thermisch härtende Polymerverbundmaterialien als Basis für neue Befestigungssysteme." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2006. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1165492370619-99312.

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Mit der Entwicklung und Einführung ökologischer Bauweise im Neubau sowie neuen Baustoffsystemen in Sandwichbauweise wird es zunehmend erforderlich, neue effektive Befestigungsvarianten zu entwickeln, die eine dauerhafte Fixierung auch unter sicherheitstechnischen Bestimmungen sowie aus Garantie- bzw. haftungsrechtlichen Gründen ermöglichen. Die aus der Praxis bisher bekannten chemischen Befestigungssysteme (Zweikomponentenverbundmörtel, Verbundankerpatronen) weisen hinsichtlich der Applikation unter bautechnischen Bedingungen noch einige Nachteile auf. Dazu gehören vor allem längere Aushärtungszeiten zur Realisierung der abschließenden Verbundfestigkeit, Inhomogenitäten im Verbund, der Einsatz toxischer Verbindungen und eine Limitierung der Applikationsmöglichkeiten in horizontalen und Überkopf-Einsatzbereichen sowie Hohlkammersystemen. Alle zuvor genannten Punkte haben bis jetzt die Nutzung solcher Verbundwerkstoffe als universale Anwendungsmöglichkeit verhindert. Ein neues chemisches Befestigungssystem, welches aus Novolak gehärteten mit Hexamethylentetramin (Hexa) und anorganischen Füllstoff besteht, wurde für Applikationen in Beton entwickelt. Das Bindemittel härtet bei der Temperaturzuführung aus. Die unkatalysierte Befestigungsmasse zeigt bei einer Temperatur zwischen 150-300 °C eine hohe Reaktivität. Die Vorteile dieses Systems sind die unbegrenzte Lagerfähigkeit der vorgemischten härtbaren Masse sowie die Gewährleistung einer homogenen Netzwerkstruktur im gesamten Verbund und sie ist frei von giftigen und flüchtigen Substanzen. Auf den Einsatz toxischer Substanzen wurde verzichtet. In dieser Arbeit wurde die Gesamtkinetik der Reaktion während des Aushärtungsprozesses dieser Polymerkomposite untersucht. Die DSC- (nicht-isothermen, isothermen) und MDSC-Untersuchungen haben sich als ein sicheres Verfahren zur Qualitätskontrolle des Aushärtezustands der Befestigungssysteme herausgestellt. Parallel zur nicht-isothermischen und isothermischen DSC wurden Leitfähigkeitsmessungen durchgeführt, um den Endpunkt der Aushärtungsreaktion zu bestimmen
The development and introduction of ecological construction methods and the use of sandwich materials make it necessary to develop new fixing systems and technologies. Dealing with the application in concrete and other substrates commercial chemical fixing systems show some disadvantages up to date. Especially the rather long curing time in order to realize the final bond strength, inhomogenities in the composite, the partial use of toxic substances and application limits of such systems in horizontal direction as well as hollow section materials has so far prevented the use of such composites for all-purpose applications. A new chemical fixing system, which consists of hexamethylene tetramine (hexa) cured novolac and inorganic filler, was developed for application in concrete. It is applied by a thermo-curing procedure. The uncatalyzed curable mixture has a high reactivity at temperature between 150-300 °C. Compared with commercial chemical fixing systems, the premixed curable mass has many benefits. First it has a unique storage stability and second, it is free of toxic and volatile substances. Another important aspect is, it is self-foaming. In this study was investigated the overall kinetics of the reaction during the curing process of these polymer composites. An appropriate method for this experiment proved to be the DSC in isothermal and non-isothermal mode and MDSC. This turned out to be a safe quality control technique for these systems. Parallel to the non-isothermal and isothermal DSC conductivity measurements have been performed to determine the end point of the curing reaction

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Wampler, Amos. "Resolution of crystalline phases in polymorphic gel-spun ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers using restrained differential scanning calorimetry and x-ray diffraction." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 70 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1597633731&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Pisch-Heberle, Sandra. "Untersuchungen zur Stabilisierung von Membranproteinen mit ungewöhnlichen Phospholipiden." [S.l.] : Universität Stuttgart , Fakultät Chemie , Institut für Technische Biochemie, 2000. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB8619088.

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Chabalenge, Billy, Sachin A. Korde, Adrian L. Kelly, Daniel Neagu, and Anant R. Paradkar. "Understanding Matrix Assisted Continuous Cocrystallisation using Data Mining approach in Quality by Design (QbD)." ACS, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18005.

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The present study demonstrates the application of decision tree algorithms to the co-crystallization process. Fifty four (54) batches of carbamazepine–salicylic acid co-crystals embedded in poly(ethylene oxide) were manufactured via hot melt extrusion and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, differnetial scanning calorimetry, and near-infrared spectroscopy. This dataset was then applied in WEKA, which is an open-sourced machine learning software to study the effect of processing temperature, screw speed, screw configuration, and poly(ethylene oxide) concentration on the percentage of co-crystal conversion. The decision trees obtained provided statistically meaningful and easy-to-interpret rules, demonstrating the potential to use the method to make rational decisions during the development of co-crystallization processes.

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Kumar, Prateek. "Heat Capacity and Oxidation Kinetic Studies of Fe-Ti Composite Metal Oxide (ITCMO) using Simultaneous Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Thermogravimetric Analysis." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1502723527531035.

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Ding, Shu. "Thermodynamic studies on iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316472363.

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Young, Gregory Scott. "The application of thermal microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy to characterize deterioration and physiochemical change in fibrous Type 1 collagen." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420072.

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Almutairi, Badriah Saad. "Correlating Melt Dynamics with Glass Topological Phases in Especially Homogenized Equimolar GexAsxS100-2x Glasses using Raman Scattering, Modulated- Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Volumetric Experiments." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593272974284834.

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Blomdahl, Emil. "Synthesis and characterization of novel hybrid organic-inorganic materials." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad fysikalisk kemi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302288.

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Efterfrågan på bättre och mer hållbart material ökar. Mer effektivt material kommer att behövas för att möta den ökande, globala efterfrågan. Hybrida organiska-oorganiska material är en typ av material som har varit av stort intresse nyligen, och kan beskrivas som en typ av material som består av både organiska och oorganiska komponenter. Denna avhandling har fokuserat på hybrida organiska-oorganiska material inspirerade av den klassiska perovskitstrukturen ABX3, där komponent A är en organisk katjon, komponent B är en divalent metalkatjon och komponent X är en anjon. Hybrida organiska-oorganiska material som är utgår från den klassiska perovskitstrukturen kan ha olika funktionella egenskaper och en bred variation av tänkbara applikationer. Några exempel på dessa egenskaper och möjliga applikationer inkluderar god fotokonduktivitet för solceller, utmärkt emissionsegenskaper för ljusdioder och justerbara dielektriska egenskaper för elektroniska växlar och sensorer. De fysiska egenskaperna av det hybrida organiska-oorganiska materialet beror på kristallstrukturen av materialet, som i sig bestäms av valet av komponenter. På grund av de många möjligheter av organiska och oorganiska komponenter så finns det möjlighet att syntetisera helt nya hybrida organiska-oorganiska föreningar som kan ha nya eller förbättrade fysiska egenskaper. Nuvarande hybrida organiska-oorganiska material som utgår från perovskitstrukturen använder huvudsakligen bly som divalent metalkatjon, och det beror på att den ger den bästa funktionella effekten. Blys toxicitet är dock en stor nackdel för nuvarande blybaserade hybrid oorganiska material. Möjligheten att ersätta bly med en annan divalent metall har undersökts under detta projekt. I denna avhandling så har den organiska katjonen cyclohexylammonium (CHA) varit i fokus som den organiska komponenten. Målet med detta examensarbete var att designa, syntetisera och karakterisera nytt hybrid organisk-oorganiskt material. De hybrida organiska-oorganiska föreningarna CHAZnBr3 och (CHA)2ZnBr4 syntetiserades för den första gången, så vitt författaren vet, och kommer vara i fokus i denna avhandling. De två nya hybrida organiska-oorganiska föreningarna blev strukturellt karakteriserade med X-ray Diffraction (XRD) och termiskt karakteriserade med Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) och Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Den första föreningen, CHAZnBr3, kunde bestämmas att vara ortorombisk vid 298 K. Föreningen bestämdes vara termisk stabil upp till 490 K, och genomgår en fasövergång vid 445 K. Den andra föreningen, (CHA)2ZnBr4, kunde inte bestämmas strukturellt vid varken 100 K eller 298 K. Föreningen bestämdes vara termisk stabil upp till 490 K, och genomgår en fasövergång vid 230 K. Ytterligare karakterisering krävs för att bättre förstå egenskaperna hos dessa föreningar och deras möjliga användningsområden.
The demand for better and more sustainable material is increasing. More efficient materials will be needed to meet the growing global need. Hybrid organic-inorganic materials are one type of materials that have been of great interest recently, which can be described as a class of materials that mix organic and inorganic components. This thesis focused on hybrid organic-inorganic materials inspired by the classical perovskite crystal structure ABX3, where component A is an organic cation, component B is a divalent metal cation and component X is an anion. Hybrid organic-inorganic materials based on the classical perovskite structure may have various functional properties and may have a broad range of potential applications. Some examples of those properties as well as some and possible applications include good photoconductivity and power conversion efficiency for photovoltaic devices, excellent emission properties for light emitting diodes and tunable dielectric properties for electronic switches and sensors. The physical properties of the hybrid organic-inorganic material are determined by the crystal structure of the material, which in turn will be decided by the choice of components. With the many possible choices for organic and inorganic components, there is an opportunity to synthesize completely new hybrid organic-inorganic compounds that may display new or superior physical properties. Current hybrid organic-inorganic materials based on the perovskite crystal structure mainly use lead as the divalent metal, since it currently gives the best performance. The toxicity of lead is a major drawback for current lead-based hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The possibility to replace lead with another divalent metal has been explored during this project. For this thesis, the organic cation cyclohexylammonium (CHA) has been of focus as the organic component. The aim of this thesis was to design, synthesize and characterize novel hybrid organic-inorganic compounds. The hybrid organic-inorganic compounds CHAZnBr3 and (CHA)2ZnBr4 were synthesized for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, and will be the focus of this thesis. The two new hybrid organic-inorganic compounds were structurally characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and thermally characterized by Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The first compound, CHAZnBr3, could be determined to be orthorhombic at 298 K. The compound was found to be thermally stable up 490 K, and to undergo a phase transition at 445 K. The second compound, (CHA)2ZnBr4, could not be fully structurally solved at either 100 K or 298 K. The compound was found to be thermally stable up to 490 K, and to undergo a phase transition at 230 K. Further characterization will be needed to better understand the properties of these two compounds and their possible applications.

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Craft, Garrett Michael. "Characterization of Nylon-12 in a Novel Additive Manufacturing Technology, and the Rheological and Spectroscopic Analysis of PEG-Starch Matrix Interactions." Scholar Commons, 2018. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7137.

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In this work differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, Fourier-Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy [FT-IR] and polarized light microscopy will be employed to characterize polymeric systems. The first chapter broadly covers polymer synthesis and important characterization methods. In the second chapter, a polyamide (PA12) will be sintered via a novel additive manufacturing (AM) technology developed here at USF termed LAPS (Large Area Projection Sintering). LAPS uses extended sintering timespans to ensure complete melting and densification of the polymer powder over the entire two-dimensional area of the part’s footprint. Further, it allows for the printed layer to crystallize and shrink in its entirety as the temperature falls below the crystallization temperature prior to the next layer being added. The printed parts (termed coupons) will be assayed by DSC and polarized light microscopy to determine sintering efficacy. Additionally, the parts will be compared to coupons printed with conventional methods to show that the USF AM technology shows superior elongation at break (EaB), with comparable ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and Young’s Modulus to laser sintered coupons. This is notable as conventional AM methods produce parts which usually compromise between EaB and modulus. The EaB of LAPS-printed parts is comparable to injection molding (IM) grade PA12, which is remarkable as IM grade PA12 powder normally has higher molecular weight and limited crystallinity. The reduced crystallinity of IM grade PA12 parts is thought to be due to the high shear rates during injection and fast cooling rates post-fabrication. Further, the USF LAPS parts show minimal or no detectable porosity. Porosity is an artifact of the sintering process which conventional techniques like laser sintering (LS) have little ability to mitigate, as higher energy wattages simply burn and degrade the polymer surface with insufficient time available for heat transfer and bulk melt flow. Porosity is documented as one of the leading causes of part failure and decreased mechanical properties in the literature, and as such the USF AM technology is in the process of being patented as of March, 2018. Chapters three through six will explore a phenomenon first noticed by clinicians at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. They observed that starch-thickened drinks for patients suffering from dysphagia became dangerously thinned down upon addition of the osmotic drug polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3350, marketed as Miralax®. Starch-based hydrocolloids are common thickeners used for patients with dysphagia, and so any incompatibility with such a ubiquitous drug as PEG 3350 poses an immediate danger. Patients with the disorder can suffer increased rates of aspiration-related pneumonia, incurring up to nearly a 60% fatality rate within a year. Chances for aspiration greatly increase for food items which are too inviscid to safely swallow. Rheology and FT-IR spectroscopy will be used to show that the breakdown of the starch network in aqueous solution is dependent upon the molecular weight of PEG. As the molecular weight of PEG is reduced to that of a small molecule (~300MW) from its large drug form (3350MW), the structure stabilizes and can resist shearing forces in a steady shear rheological experiment. Spectroscopy will show that PEG molecular weight also influences syneresis and the crystallinity of the starch hydrocolloid solutions. It is postulated that the molecular weight of PEG influences its miscibility in starch solutions, and its ability to interrupt the hydrogen bonding and entanglements which maintain the elastic framework which allow starch thickeners to impart viscosity and resist shearing forces. When this framework collapses, absorbed water is expelled as evidenced as a biphasic separation where water collects on top of the starch suspension. This was the phenomenon observed by the clinicians at the Veterans’ Hospital.

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Gul, Kiymet Gizem. "Thermal Characterization And Kinetic Analyis Of Sara Fractions Of Crude Oils By Tga And Dsc Methods." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613614/index.pdf.

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In this thesis, four different crude oil samples and their saturate, aromatic and resin fractions were analyzed by two different thermoanalytical methods, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The experiments were performed at three different heating rates (5, 10 and 15 °
C/min) under air atmosphere. Same gas flow rate and same pressure were applied to all samples. The aim is to determine the kinetic analysis and combustion behavior of crude oils and their fractions and also determining the effect of heating rate on all samples. For all samples two main reaction regions were observed in thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermogravimetry (DTG) and DSC curves due to the oxidative degradation of crude oil components. It was deduced that the free moisture, volatile hydrocarbons were evaporated from the crude oils, light hydrocarbons were burned and fuel was formed in the first reaction region. The second reaction region was the main combustion region where the fuel was burned. From the TGA curves, it was detected that the heavier fraction, resins, lost considerable amounts of their initial mass, approximately 35%, while saturates lost only approximately 3% of their initial mass in the second reaction region. DSC curves of the samples were also examined and observed that as the sample got heavier, the heat of the reaction increased. Saturates, lightest part of the crude oil fractions, gave minimum heat of reaction. As the heating rate increased, shift of peak temperatures to high values and higher reaction regions were observed. The kinetic analysis of crude oils and their fractions were also performed using different kinetic methods. Activation energies (E), mean activation energies (Emean) and Arrhenius constants were found for crude oils and fractions. It was deduced that the resins gave the highest activation energy and Arrhenius constant for both reaction regions. Moreover, it was encountered that heating rate has no effect on activation energies.

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Smith, Beverly. "Investigating Thermal Transformations of Ligand-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: Influence of the Structural Attributes of the Nanoparticle and Its Environment on Thermal Stability." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19259.

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Ligand-stabilized metal nanoparticles (LSNPs) have garnered significant attention for use in applications including sensing, catalysis, and thin film fabrication. Many uses rely on the size-dependent properties of the metal nanoparticle core. Therefore, preservation of nanoparticle core size is of paramount importance. In other uses, the low processing temperatures afforded by metal LSNPs make them attractive as precursors for conductive thin films. In these distinctly different applications, understanding nanoparticle thermal stability is crucial. A key finding of this research is that nanoparticle sintering is dependent upon both core size and ligand functionality. Multi-technique analysis of four types of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different ligand compositions and core sizes illustrates that more volatile ligands reduce the onset temperature for sintering. Also, AuNPs of larger core size with the same ligand composition exhibit lower sintering onset temperatures. Correlation between measurements reveals that only a small amount of ligand loss is necessary to trigger rapid sintering and that ligands are excluded to the surface of the porous gold films. AuNPs with ligand shells composed of two alkanethiols of different chain length and volatility indicate that the onset temperature of sintering can be tuned further through incorporation of a small amount of more volatile alkanethiol into a ligand shell of lower volatility. Mixed LSNPs further reveal that AuNP thermal stability depends upon the ligand shell composition and its intermolecular interactions, which can result in markedly different sintering behavior for different ligand compositions. Long-chain alkanethiol AuNPs sinter after only a small amount of ligand loss, whereas short-chain alkanethiol AuNPs sinter following complete ligand loss and the formation of metastable bare AuNPs. Heated AuNP films prepared with mixed-ligand AuNPs exhibit ligand-dependent differences in film morphology. To probe AuNP thermal stability in 2D-assemblies, self-assembly using larger ‘marker’ nanoparticles enables the study of small 1.5 nm AuNP arrays with successive TEM monitoring throughout ex situ heating. Monitoring images of the same area shows short-range (1-2 nm) nanoparticle migration/coalescence. In contrast to 3D assemblies, AuNP growth occurs at temperatures as low as 60 °C. This dissertation includes previously published and unpublished co-authored material.
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Oliveira, Levi Ezequiel de. "Análise térmica dos biodieseis obtidos por rota enzimática e suas respectivas matérias-primas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/97/97136/tde-03102012-121140/.

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A maior parte de toda a energia consumida no mundo provém do petróleo, carvão e gás natural (87% da matriz energética mundial). No entanto, essas fontes não renováveis possuem previsão de esgotamento em um futuro próximo. Além disso, são poluidores, afetando o meio ambiente, motivando a sociedade buscar fontes alternativas para mitigar esses problemas. O biodiesel, como alternativa de combustível, começou a ser estudado em 1937, e hoje mostra ser uma alternativa eficiente e não poluidora à utilização do diesel mineral. O estudo presente foi realizado com amostras de biodieseis obtidos utilizando catalisadores enzimáticos. Essa rota vem sendo investigada no país por diversos pesquisadores, e vem mostrando que o uso da enzima como catalisador minimiza os problemas relativos às etapas finais de purificação do biodiesel, pois reduz a ocorrência das reações indesejáveis de saponificação e permite uma simplificação e redução dos custos dos processos pela diminuição do número de operações associadas. Para ser um substituto, o biodiesel precisa se enquadrar em normas, no caso do Brasil, a resolução nº 42 da ANP (Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis) de 2004. Além disso, deve possuir qualidades que viabilize a sua substituição. Esse trabalho tem o objetivo de realizar o estudo térmico utilizando a Termogravimetria (TG) e a Calorimetria Exploratória Diferencial (DSC) dos biodieseis de babaçu, palma e sebo bovino obtidos pela rota enzimática e suas respectivas matérias-primas. Com os resultados da TG em atmosfera Inerte, foi possível analisar a volatilidade desses biodieseis, e também verificar o seu enquadramento no parâmetro de destilação da resolução nº 42 da ANP. A TG em atmosfera oxidativa possibilitou comparar esses biodieseis em relação às suas estabilidades termo-oxidativas. Também foram realizados o Estudo Cinético das curvas TG, visando o valor da energia de ativação das primeiras etapas de cada curva, utilizando o modelo matemático Ozawa. O estudo cinético das curvas TG em atmosfera de nitrogênio mostrou que a energia de ativação e a temperatura de inicio da degradação têm uma relação direta.
Most of all energy consumed worldwide comes from oil, coal and natural gas (87% of global energy production). However, these non-renewable resources are expected to exhaust in the near future. Moreover, they are polluters, affecting the environment, prompting the company to seek alternative sources to mitigate these problems. Biodiesel as alternative fuel, that began to be studied in 1937 and today has proved an efficient and non-polluting alternative to the use of mineral diesel. The present study was performed with babassu, palm and tallow biodiesel obtained using enzymatic catalysts. This route has been investigated by several researchers in the country, and has shown that the use of enzyme as catalyst minimizes the problems related to the final stages of purification of biodiesel, it reduces the occurrence of undesirable reactions of saponification and allows for simplification and cost reduction processes by reducing the number of associated operations. To be a substitute, biodiesel must fit in standards, in the case of Brazil, the resolution No. 42 of the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels), 2004. Also this biofuel must posses qualities thet might allow the replacement. This work aims to realize the thermal studies using thermogravimetry (TG) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) of babassu, palm and tallow biodiesel obtained by enzymatic route and also their raw materials. With the results of TG in an inert atmosphere, it was possible to analyze the volatility of biodieseis, and also check your guidelines on the parameter of the distillation of Resolution No. 42 of the Brazilian Petroleum Agency (ANP). The TG analysis of biodiesel in oxidative atmosphere turns possible to study their thermo-oxidative stabilities. Also, it was performed a kinetic study of the TG curves, seeking the value of activation energy of the first steps of each curve, using the mathematical model Ozawa. The kinetic study of the TG curves in nitrogen atmosphere showed that the activation energy and temperature of the beginning of degradation have a direct relationship.

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Lans, Alexa Michelle. "Evaluation of Water Sorption and Thermal Properties of Galacto-oligosaccharides, and Application in Glassy Confections." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460764786.

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Carvalho, Tânia Isabel da Silva. "Development of ion jelly thin films for electrochemical devices." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10874.

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Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Química Sustentável
Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising materials which have been used in a wide range of applications. However, their major limitation is their physical state. In order to address this challenge, a self-supported IL-based material was developed by combining gelatine with an IL, originating a quasi-solid material named Ion Jelly (IJ). This is a light flexible material, dimensionally stable, with promising properties to develop safe and highly conductive electrolytes. This thesis is focused on the characterization of IJ films based on different ILs. The conductive mechanisms of IJ materials were studied using dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) in the frequency range 10-1−106 Hz. The study was complemented by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG NMR) spectroscopy. A glass transition was detected by DSC for all materials allowing to classify them as glass formers. From dielectric measurements, transport properties such as mobility and diffusion coefficients were extracted. Moreover, it was found that the diffusion coefficients and mobility are similar for the IL and IJ, especially for the IL EMIMDCA. Since for BMIMDCA, those properties significantly change upon hydration, the influence of water content [0.4 - 30% (w/w)] was also studied for the ILs. In particular for BMPyrDCA with 30% water, it was analyzed the reorientational polarization by the complex permittivity and electric modulus, from which three different processes were identified: a secondary relaxation with Arrhenian temperature dependence, the process that is believed to be behind the dynamic glass transition and the mobility of charge carriers. An application of the IJs was successfully explored with a chemoresistive gas sensor made up by different IJs as active layer, which is an electronic nose formed by an array of such sensors. The performance of this e-nose revealed its ability to correctly detect eight common volatile solvents.

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Chbeir, Ralph. "Correlating Melt Dynamics with Topological Phases of Homogeneous Chalcogenide- and Modified Oxide- Glasses Using Raman Scattering, Infra-Red Spectroscopy, Modulated-Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Volumetric Experiments." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573224465185235.

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Gibson, Irish Alcalen. "Applications of diffuse reflectance near-infrared spectroscopy and cure kinetics study by differential scanning calorimetry to selected thermosetting polymer-based systems of interest in the aviation industry." Diss., Wichita State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5357.

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Diffuse Reflectance Near-Infrared (near-IR) Spectroscopy combined with Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression was used to determine the moisture content and degree of cure in unfilled epoxy resins, carbon-reinforced epoxy resin and epoxy resin adhesives. PLS-generated calibration curves were consistently superior than the calibration curves based on Beer’s law. The same technique was also applied to polyimide-based prepregs to determine the degree of cure through the softening temperature, Ts. In both epoxy-based and polyimide-based systems, good correlations were established between the near-IR spectra and the properties of interest. The combination of the rapid, non-destructive technique coupled with a sophisticated chemometric software shows promise as a reliable technique that could be of great benefit to the aviation industry. Another aspect of this study was the evaluation of an epoxy resin prepreg as a candidate material to be used in repair scenarios in the aviation industry. The prepreg was partially characterized using mid-IR and 1H NMR spectroscopies indicating that it contains diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) and diamino diphenyl sulfone (DDS) as a curing agent. Ramp and soak experiments using the Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) were performed to study the cure kinetics. A recommended cure cycle was determined to be a combination of a dynamic heating to 150-155 °C at 2 °C/min and an isothermal heating at the end temperature for 20 minutes.
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Saffarini, Ghassan. "X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and density study of ternary chalcogenide glasses based on Ge-Se and Ge-S." Thesis, Brunel University, 1991. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7396.

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Glasses of the systems Ge-Se-X (X = Ga, Sn, Bi, Sb), Ge-S-Y (Y = Ag, Ga, Sn, Bi) and Se-S have been examined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), density and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Two of the compositions, GeSe2 and (GeSe2)92Ga8, have also been examined by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES). The emphasis of the XPS measurements was on the changes in the binding energies with composition of the core peaks of the glasses, and on the plasmon energy losses from the L3M4,5M4,5 Auger lines of Se and Ge. It was found that there were small shifts in the binding energies of the core peaks on substitution but the plasmon energy changed markedly with composition. For the XRD measurements, the focus was on two features : (a) to ensure that the samples prepared were truely amorphous and (b) to confirm the presence of the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) on the interference functions. The density measurements showed that the addition of the third element (X or Y) to the binary resulted in an increase in the relative density except for one system, Ge-Se-Sn, which showed the opposite behaviour. The DSC measurements showed that the addition of the third element to the binary resulted in a decrease in the glass transition temperatures. The EXAFS and XANES measurements of GeSe2 and (GeSe2)92Ga8 glasses showed that there was very little change in the local order around the Ge atom in GeSe2 glass with increase in temperature and that the local order around the Ge atom changes on alloying GeSe2 with Ga. Correlations between parameters and measured properties of the ternary alloys have been investigated. It has been found that the parameter , the average coordination number, correlates well with certain structural properties but badly with others. Suggestions are made for an alternative to .

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Vincent, Matthew Ryan. "Crystallization and Melting Studies of Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Poly(ethylene oxide) using Flash™ Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Preparation and Characterization of Poly(δ-valerolactone) Fractions." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101668.

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The isothermal crystallization and melting temperatures of poly(ε-caprolactone) were correlated using fast differential scanning calorimetry. The melting kinetics was found to be independent of isothermal crystallization temperature and time. The conventional Hoffman-Weeks method could not be used to determine the equilibrium melting temperature because the observed melting temperatures were greater than the crystallization temperatures by a constant, so the Gibbs-Thomson method was used instead, yielding an equilibrium melting temperature of 103.4 ± 2.3°C. A modification was proposed to the non-linear Hoffman-Weeks equation that included a non-linear undercooling dependence for the kinetic fold surface free energy upon crystallization and permitted accurate modeling of the observed melting behavior. The isothermal crystallization rates of four narrow molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) fractions were characterized using fast differential scanning calorimetry for crystallization temperatures spanning 100°C range with the lower limit approaching the glass transition. A transition from homogeneous to heterogeneous primary nucleation was observed at −5°C. The kinetic analysis suggested that the crystal growth geometry depends strongly on temperature, where rod-like structures begin to appear near the glass transition temperature, highly branched solid sheaves grow throughout the homogeneous primary nucleation temperature range, and spherulites grow in the heterogenous primary nucleation range. Poly(δ-valerolactone) was synthesized using microwave-assisted techniques. Narrow molecular weight fractions were obtained using successive precipitation fractionation. Preliminary isothermal crystallization studies suggest that conventional thermal analysis methods are not adequate to measure the melting temperatures accurately due to reorganization during heating.
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Oghide, Godwin O. "Miscibility studies of poly (methyl acrylate) poly (vinyl acetate) and poly (vinyl acetate)/ poly (vinylidene fluoride) blends using differential scanning calorimetry and fourier transform infra red spectroscopy." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1985. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3294.

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The miscibility of poly (methyl acrylate)/poly (vinyl acetate) (PMA/PVAc) and poly (vinyl acetate)/poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVAc/PVF2) blends has been studied. Films of compositions 100/0, 80/20, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 20/80, and 0/100 (w/w) were cast for each system. Films of PMA/PVAc were found transparent and those of the PVAc/PVf2 were slightly opaque. While all the compositions of the PMA/PVAc exhibit single sharp Tgs, as measured with the differential scanning calorimeter, almost all of those of the PVAc/PVF2 exhibit s1 ng1 e broad TgS. By the single Tg criterion, the PVA/PVAc and PVAc/PVF2 systems are miscible in all proportions. Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy spectra indicate molecular interaction complex involvement in the two systems. Evidence for such interaction was found to be significant in the 80% PMA/20% PVAc and 20% PVAc/80% PVF2 compositions.

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Gundogar, Sati Asli. "Thermal Characterization And Kinetics Of Crude Oils By Tga And Dsc Methods." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611502/index.pdf.

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In recent years, the application of thermal analysis to study the combustion and pyrolysis behavior of fossil fuels has gained a wide acceptance because of its significance for industry and economy. In this thesis, the thermal and kinetic analysis of different origin crude oil samples are performed by two well-known thermal analysis techniques: Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetry (TG/DTG). The investigation of combustion and pyrolysis behaviors, kinetic analysis of oil samples and the determination of heating rate effect are the main objectives of this study. Six different crude oils from the Southeastern region of Turkey are analyzed throughout the study. All experiments are performed at different heating rates (5, 10 and 15º
C/min) and air is used for combustion and nitrogen for pyrolysis experiments. In combustion experiments, TGA and DSC techniques indicate that the combustion process of crude oils studied is composed of two main reaction regions. These are low-temperature (LTO) and high-temperature oxidation (HTO) regions. In LTO, huge mass loss occurs (from 69 to 87 %) due to high amount of free moisture and volatile hydrocarbons contained in oil samples. Combustion reactions continue up to 900 K. On DSC curves, two exothermic regions of oxidation regimes are detected. Comparing TG/DTG and DSC curves, it can be understood that the mass loss under combustion is accompanied by exothermic peaks because of the oxidative degradation of crude oil components. As in combustion, two distinct reaction regions are revealed under pyrolysis for all samples. The first region indicates distillation and the second one is due to thermal cracking reactions occur at high temperatures and completed up to 840 K. As expected, lighter crude oils have relatively higher amounts of mass loss in distillation region as compared to heavier ones. Besides, residue amount and burn-out temperatures are higher for heavier oils with higher asphaltene content in cracking region. DSC curves for both reactions show endothermic effects. In combustion and pyrolysis experiments, it is noticed that higher heating rates are resulted in higher reaction regions. Distinguishing peaks of samples shift to higher temperatures with an increase in heating rate. Heat of reaction amount under DSC curves is related to asphaltene content and &
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Ertunc, Goker. "Development Of A Software For Determination Of Kinetic Parameters In Thermal Analysis." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613624/index.pdf.

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In this thesis, a new software, THERA-Kinetics was developed for the evaluation of kinetic parameters using non-isothermal data. Different computational methods, available in the software, were applied to a set of experimental and simulated data distributed in the ICTAC (International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry) Kinetics Project. The reliability of the software was verified by comparing the kinetic results, which were in good agreement, with those obtained by the participants of the ICTAC Kinetics Project. It was also within the scope of this study to examine the combustion characteristics and kinetics of three same origin coal samples. A series of thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements were carried out in non-isothermal conditions at heating rates of 5, 10 and 15 K/min. Reaction regions, peak and burn-out temperatures, weight loss percentages and heat of reactions of the samples were determined for each heating rate from TG and DSC curves. A variety of computational methods, available in the software developed, were applied to experimental data for the evaluation of the kinetic parameters of the coal samples. It was observed that there was no general trend in the activation energy values from the point of heating rate.

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Hong, Jung Ki. "Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystals on the Rheology, Curing Behavior, and Fracture Performance of Phenol-Formaldehyde Resol Resin." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46189.

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The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), as potential additives, on the properties and performance of phenolâ formaldehyde (PF) adhesive resin. The steady-state viscosity of a commercial PF resol resin and three CNCâ resin mixtures, containing 1â 3 wt % CNCs, based on solids content, was measured with a rheometer as a function of shear rate. The viscosity of the PF resin itself was independent of shear rate. The viscosityâ shear rate curves of the CNCâ resin mixtures showed two regions, a shear thinning region at lower shear rates and a Newtonian region at higher shear rates. The low-shear-rate viscosity of the resin was greatly increased by the CNCs. The structure of the CNCâ resin mixtures under quiescent conditions was analyzed by polarized light microscopy. The mixtures contained CNC aggregates, which could be disrupted by ultrasound treatment. The curing progressions of the resin and CNCâ resin mixtures were analyzed by non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The DSC curves showed two exotherms followed by an endotherm. The energy of activation for the first exotherm was reduced by the CNCs whereas the energy of activation for the second exotherm was not affected by the CNCs. Increasing CNC contents caused higher degrees of reaction conversion during the first curing stage and a greater loss of sample mass, attributed to formaldehyde release during resin cure. For analysis of the mechanical properties during and after cure, sandwich-type test specimens were prepared from southern yellow pine strips and the resin and CNCâ resin mixtures. The mechanical properties of the test specimens were measured as a function of time and temperature by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The time to incipient storage modulus increase decreased and the rate of relative storage modulus increase increased with increasing CNC content. The ultimate sample stiffness increased with increasing CNC content for CNC contents between 0 and 2 wt %, which was attributed to mechanical reinforcement of the resin by the CNCs. At a CNC content of 3 wt %, the ultimate sample stiffness was lower than at a CNC content of 2 wt % and the second tan Î´ maximum occurred earlier in the experiment, indicating an earlier onset of vitrification. The lower ultimate sample stiffness was attributed to premature quenching of the curing reactions through CNC-induced depression of the vitrification point. For analysis of the fracture performance, double cantilever beam test specimens were prepared from southern yellow pine beams and the resin and CNCâ resin mixtures, using different hot-pressing times. Fracture energies were measured by mode I cleavage tests. Bondline characteristics were analyzed by light microscopy. At a hot-pressing time of 10 min, the fracture energy decreased with increasing CNC content, whereas it stayed constant for CNC contents between 1 and 3 wt % at a hot-pressing time of 8 min. The bondlines of resin mixtures containing CNCs exhibited voids, whereas those of the pure resin did not. CNCs had both benefitial and detrimental effects on the properties and performace of PF resin.
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BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SHAHAJAHAN KABIR. "Further Applications of Reactive In-Mold Coating (IMC): Effect of Inhibitor and Carbon Nano-Particles." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1531178248132272.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Pressure differential scanning calorimetry'

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