Scope:

E793 – 06 is useful for quality control, specification acceptance, and research. Differential scanning calorimetry is a quick way to determine the enthalpy changes that accompany first-order material transitions.

Procedure

The temperature region of fusion or crystallization is reached by heating a test specimen at a regulated rate in a controlled environment. The heat flow associated with the endothermic process of fusion is measured and integrated over time. It is thus possible to acquire absolute figures for the enthalpy of fusion or relative values for comparative reasons.

Specimen size

 Heat the specimen at 10°C/min through the melting

Weigh 1 to 15 mg of the specimen to an accuracy of +/−0.1% into a clean, dry specimen capsule.

Data

                    H=  EH₀/W

H = enthalpy of fusion (or crystallization) of the sample in J/g,

W = mass of the specimen, mg,

E = Calibration constant from Practice

H₀ = observed enthalpy of fusion