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12.2DIFFERENTIALTHERMALANALYSIS(DTA)AND
DIFFERENTIALSCANNINGCALORIMETRY(DSC)
TheDTAandDSCtechniquesareverysimilarandmaybediscussedtogether.TheessentialfeaturesoftheDTAapparatusareshowninFig.12.1.ThesampleisplacedinacellS,locatedinablockwhichcanbeheated(orcooled)ataprogrammedrate.
AreferencesampleinanidenticalcellRislocatedclosetothesamplecellintheuniformtemperatureblock;
itstemperatureisrepresentedbyTr.Thereferencesamplemayeitherhaveaprecisetransitionintheregionofobservation(e.g.naphthalenewithameltingpointof~80℃)orhaveafairlyconstantheatcapacity(e.g.analuminiumdiscorpowder).Thepurposeofthereferenceistoprovideadirectcomparatorfortemperaturemeasurementforthesample,assistingminimizationofinaccuracies(notcorrect)duetothermallag(todevelopmoreslowlythanothers)intheequipment.Whenthesamplepassesthroughatransitionalstateitstemperature(Ts)departsfromthatofitssurroundings.Iftheprogrammeissetforheating,atanendothermictransitionsuchasacrystalmeltingtransition,TsfallsbelowtheprogrammetemperatureandthereferencetemperatureandΔT(=TsTr)isnegative.ThesizeofΔTdependsonthethermalpropertiesoftheequipment,particularlythethermalcapacityofthecell,aswellasthemassofsampleand,forfinitesamples,thethermalconductivity.ForthisreasonitisdifficulttoextractquantitativemeasurementsofthethermalpropertiesofthesampleusingDTA,thoughthetemperaturesatwhichtransitionsoccurcanbelocatedfairlyaccurately.
Fig.12.1SchematicofaDTAapparatus;
risreference;
sisspecimen.WrandWsareconstantinstrumentfactorsthatdependonthethermalcharacteristicsofequipment.
Carefulconsiderationmustbegiventothehandlingofthedata,foritiseasytouseerroneouscriteriaforlocatingaspecifictemperatureofinterest,e.g.theglasstransitiontemperature(seeSection12.2.2).MoredirectmeasurementofthermalpropertiesispossibleusingDSCanditisgenerallypreferredforquantitativeanalysis.Inthismethodthesampleandreferenceareprovidedwithindependentheaters,Fig.12.2.Backgroundheatingoftheblockisusuallyprovidedseparatelysothatthemicroheatersaresensitivetotherequirementsofthesampleandreferencecellattheprogrammetemperature(Tp(t)).ThetemperatureofeachcellismeasuredcontinuouslyandcomparedwiththeinstantaneousvalueofTp(t).Itisarrangedthatthepowerdeliveredtothesampleandreferencecellsviatheindividualheatersisafunctionofthedeparturefromtheprogrammetemperature,i.e.Ws(TsTp)andWr(TrTp)respectively.Thedifferentialpowerrequirement{Ws(TsTp)Wr(TrTp)}isthequantityplottedandcanbepresentedasafunctionofTp,TrorTs.WiththisarrangementTp,TrorTsshouldbeveryclosetogetherevennearatransitionandthereforemuchcloserthanTsandTr,intheDTAmethodwheneverthermalchangesaretakingplace.
12.2.1QUANTITATIVEANALYSISOFDTAANDDSC
Fig.12.2SchematicofaDSCapparatus:
sisspecimen.WrandWsareconstantinstrumentfactorsthatdependonthethermalcharacteristicsoftheequipment.
Fig.12.3HeattransferinaDSCcell:
Rrepresentsthethermalresistancetoheatflowbetweencellandtheblock.
ToanalysetheDTAorDSCexperimentsonemustfirstlyconsidertheheatflowbetweentheblockandthesample.AssumethattheblocktemperatureisTpandthatofthesampleTsandletthetotalresistancetoheatflowbetweencellandblockbe'
R'
Fig.12.3.Whenheatflowsintothesamplefromthesurroundings(ataratedQs/dt)theenergybalancegives:
(12.1)
whereHsistheenthalpyofthesampleandCsistheheatcapacityofthesampleplusthecell.Therateofheatnowcanalternativelybegivenas
(12.2)
Hence
(12.3)
Ifasuitableinternalreferencesamplehasbeenselected,theequivalentexpressionforthereferencecellcanbewrittenas
(12.4)
wheresubscriptrstandsforthereferencecellandRisassumedequalforthe(identical)sampleandreferencecells:
i.e.
(12.5)
whereΔT(=TsTr)andthesubscriptsisdroppedfromHsinceitisredundantwhenchangesinenthalpyoccuronlyinthesample.RememberingthattheDTAmethodproducesaplotofΔTversusT(ort)then,inprinciple,equation(12.5)canbeusedforquantitativeanalysis.Inpracticeitisneitherconvenientnoraccuratetodothis,foritrequiresaknowledgeofR,thethermalresistance,whichdependsonseveralthingsincludingtheconductivityofbothsampleandreference.Thesevaluesnotonlyalterwithtemperature,butshowmarkedchangesoneithersideofatransition.
ForDSCwecantakeequation(12.1)andtheequivalentequationforthereferencecellandfind
(12.6)
whereΔQisthedifferenceinheatsuppliedtothetwocells,i.e.
(12.7)
Nowfromequation(12.2)wehave
and
sothat
(12.8)
Substitutionof(Tr-Ts)fromequation(12.8)intoequation(12.7)gives
(12.9)
IfRismadesufficientlysmallthenthefinalterminequation(12.9)canbemadenegligible;
thiscanbeachievedwithoutaffectingthesensitivityofthemethod,whereasinspectionofequation(12.6)showsthatwithDTAthesensitivitydependsonR(i.e.ΔT∝R).UsingDSC,ifΔCisthedifferenceinheatcapacitybetweenthesampleandreferencecellthenthemeasuredheatflow(Q1)whenbothpansareemptywillbe
Q1=KΔC(12.10)
whereKisaconstantfortheapparatus.Ifthesamemeasurementprocedureisnowusedwiththesampleinpositionthedifferenceinheatcapacitybetweenthetwocellsbecomes(ΔC+msCp,s),wheremsisthemassofthesampleandCp,sisthespecificheatcapacityofthesampleandthecorrespondingmeasurementis
Q2=K(ΔC+msCp,s)(12.11)
Ifnowthesampleisreplacedbyacalibrant(c)(e.g.alumina)andtheprocedureisrepeatedthemeasurementbecomes
Q3=K(ΔC+mcCp,c)(12.12)
Fromequations(12.10),(12.11)and(12.12)itfollowsthat
(12.13)
ThusCp,sversustemperaturecurvescanbeobtained.Thesecanbeintegratedtogiveenthalpychanges(seeSection12.2.2(a)).
12.2.2MODULATEDDSC(MDSC)
Inequation(12.13)theheatcapacityofthesampleisdeterminedwiththeassumptionthattheheatingorcoolingisalinearramp.Forasimplefirstorderthermodynamictransitiontheformofthecurve,itsmagnitudeandlocationarethesameforbothcoolingandheatingcycles.Thesystemisthereforethermodynamicallyreversible.However,foranumberofprocessessuchastheglasstransitionandpolymerizationofathermosetresintheheatcapacitycanbethermodynamicallyirreversible.Theglasstransitionisnormallyconsideredtobeauniquelydefinedtemperaturehoweverinpracticetheprecisevaluedoesreflecttheeffectsofdisorderwhichmaybefrozenasaconsequenceofrapidcoolingofthesample.TheeffectofirreversibleprocessesonthemeasuredDSCtraceisthatthefirstmeasuredcurveisoftendifferentfromthesecondandsubsequenttracesobtainedbycoolingandre-heatingthesample.Thisfactcanbeusedtodeterminetheextentofresidualmonomerinafabricatedsampleandalsothefrozen-inentropyinasupercooledglassymaterial.Themodulatedtechniquehasbeendevisedtoallowseparationofreversibleandirreversiblecomponentstothetotalmeasuredheatcapacity.Superpositionofanoscillatoryheatingandcoolingcycleonthelinearrampallowsseparationofthesecomponents.ThesampleisheatedtoatemperatureT1'
thatisabovethelinearrampvalueT1andthencooledtoT1"
whichisbelowthelinearrampvalue.Thetemperatureseenbythesamplewillthereforehavetheformshownbelow(Fig.12.4).
Fig.12.4SchematicrepresentationofamodulatedDSCexperiment.
Theperiodoftheoscillationcanbeadjustedtoincreasethesensitivityoftheexperiment.TypicallythefrequencyofoscillationisaboutIHzandtheamplitudeoftheoscillationadjustedtobeabout5º
.Theprecisevaluescanbeadjustedtoaparticularexperimentalsituation.Themodulationppliedtothesamplesisthencomparedwiththesimilarvariationappliedtoareferenceandtherealandimaginarycomponentsofthedifferen