Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a thermal analysis technique in which the heat flow into or out of a sample is measured as a function of temperature or time, while the sample is exposed to a controlled temperature program.

• It is a very powerful technique to evaluate material properties such as glass transition temperature, melting, "cold" crystallization , specific heat capacity, cure process, purity, oxidation behavior, phase changes, product stability, oxidative stability, thermal conductivity, cure/cure kinetics, percent crystallization and thermal stability, solid solid transition.
• The Q-100 has Modulated DSC capability. MDSC increases the amount of information that can be obtained from a single experiment.
• In addition to transition temperatures, melting and crystallization and heat capacity, modulated DSC provides an improved resolution of transitions that overlap or occur only a few degrees apart, an increased sensitivity to weak transitions, and separation of reversing and non-reversing phenomena.

Other Applications

Polymorphic transitions, liquid crystal, protein denaturation,, hazard potential, lifetime estimation, cure rates, heat of fusion, heat of crystallization, expolosion potential,  heat of reaction

Detection Limits

The Q-20 and the Q-100 are connected to RCS coolers and have a temperature range of -90°C to 400°C. Temperature Accuracy +/- 0.1 °C and Precision +/- 0.05 °C