ABSTRACT
Thermal analysis is the measurement of a physical parameter as a function of temperature. The area comprises several techniques where thermogravimetry, thermometric titrimetry, thermomechanical analysis, differential thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and some specialized techniques. There are a number of configurations: horizontal, simultaneous, and vertical. Small furnaces can be calibrated by a method using Curie points of a range of metals and alloys. Static (isothermal) and dynamic methods can be used in a kinetic study of the weight change. Thermometric titration is the measurement of the temperature change in a system as a function of time or volume of titrant. Thermomechanical analysis relates to techniques where deformation is measured as a change in either volume or length. A typical instrument for thermal mechanical analysis is called a dilatometer and is equipped with a linear variable differential transformer. Thermomechanical methods are generally applied on solid-shaped samples like polymeric products.
