PHYSICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION
COMMISSION ON THERMODYNAMICS
Standards, calibration, and guidelines in microcalorimetry. Part 2. Calibration standards for differential scanning calorimetry* (IUPAC Technical Report)
Giuseppe Della Gatta1,**, Michael J. Richardson2, Stefan M. Sarge3, and Svein Stølen4
1Department of Chemistry IFM, University of Turin, Via P. Giuria 9, 10125 Torino, Italy; 2Polymer Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, UK; 3Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany; 4Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern, 0315 Oslo, Norway
Abstract: Differential scanning calorimeters (DSCs) are widely used for temperature, heat capacity, and enthalpy measurements in the range from subambient to high temperatures. The present recommendations describe procedures and reference materials (RMs) for the calibration of DSCs. The recommendations focus on the calibration of the response of the instrument and on the estimation of the measurement uncertainty. The procedures for temperature, enthalpy, and heat-flow rate calibration are given in detail. Calibration on cooling has also been considered. Recommended RMs are listed, and the relevant properties of these materials are discussed.
Keywords: IUPAC Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division; microcalorimetry; DSC; heat capacity; enthalpy measurements.
* Part 1. Standards in isothermal microcalorimetry, Pure Appl. Chem. 73(10), 1625-1639 (2001).
** Corresponding author.
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