Thermal Analysis
Vol 1 Theory Instrumentation Applied Sciences Industrial Applications
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Distinction of Original and Forged Lithographs by Means of Thermogravimetry and Raman Spectroscopy
Thermal analysis has been used to study the composition of paper and paper-like materials for some decades. The application of these techniques permits to distinguish between the original paper which was used ...
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Thermal Reactivity of Fossilized Dinosaur Eggshells
The thermal reactivity of fossilized/petrified dinosaur eggshells excavated in China, Argentina and France has been studied by means of thermal analysis/mass spectrometry (TG-MS), X-ray diffractometry (XRD) an...
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Vapor Pressure Determination by Pressure DSC
A new pressure DSC module (Mettler DSC27HP) and its abilities for vapor pressure determination in the range of subambient pressure to 7 MPa are presented. To compare the new to an established method, vapor pre...
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Thermoanalytische Untersuchung von Baumaterialien Ägyptischer Mumiensärge
Egyptian mural paintings, polychromatic sculptures and mummy coffins exhibit a remarkable durability, ranging over millennia. This phenomenon can be explained by the dry, non-corrosive climate of the Nile vall...
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Ca-Oxalate films and microbiological investigations of the influence of ancient pigments on the growth of lichens
Simultaneous thermogravimetry and thermomicroscopy were performed on Ca-oxalates which play an important role in the appearance of oxalate films connected with lichens superficially growing on human artefacts....
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The calcination of limestone — Studies on the past, the presence and the future of a crucial industrial process
The calcination of limestone is one of the oldest technical processes and it is still of actual interest. Very early calcitic mortars from Turkey have been investigated and compared with materials of other ear...
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Thermal analysis of Codex Huamantla and other Mexican papers
The application of thermal analysis and other techniques to determine the thermal and mechanical history of an object is extended to investigate the method of manufacturing of ancient papers. The Humboldt Frag...
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New ta system for simultaneous determination of thermo-optical properties and DSC of different organic compounds
A new instrument for DSC in combination with thermomicroscopy in transmitted light is described, where a DSC device is in corporated within a commercially available hot stage.
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Thermal reactivity of jadeite and nephrite
The thermal reactivity of the naturally occurring silicates jadeite, NaAl[Si2O6], and nephrite, a variety of actinolite, Ca2 (Mg,Fe)5[(OH,F)Si4O11]2, have been investigated by thermogravimetric and thermomechanic...
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Comparative Studies of Ancient Mortars From Giza, Egypt, and Nevali Çori, Turkey
Mortars collected from the Cheops pyramid, the Sphinx and the Chephren pyramid, all at Giza, Egypt, have been compared with recently found mortars of a cult building of the aceramic neolithic at Nevali Çori (s...
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Comparative thermochemical studies of carbonaceous Chondrites
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Thermomechanical analysis of quartz, glasses and woods
The expansion and viscoelastic behavior of natural and synthetic materials changes during thermal treatment. Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is the method to determine these mechanical properties directly as a...
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Events in the Historical Development of Weights and Money
The characteristic features and importance of weights and money in different cultures will be illustrated with examples from ancient Egypt, Babylon, Israel and China. In most of these cultures there was a grad...
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Entschwefelungsverfahren
Kalk, Kalkstein und Dolomit sind die gebräuchlichsten Feststoffreagenzien für die Rauchgas-Entschwefelung. Im Gegensatz zu dieser Sekundärmaßnahme ist die Kohleverbrennung in der Wirbelschicht eine Primärmaßna...
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Application of simultaneous thermomicroscopy/DSC to the study of phase diagrams
The correlation between morphological changes and DSC recordings gives valuable information on the mechanism of phase transformations. The present paper describes a new instrument for simultaneous DSC and ther...
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Buchbesprechungen
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Reference materials for thermogravimetry
The thermobalances available commercially have a wide range of heater-sample-temperature sensor relationships. Because of the differences, relating data from one apparatus to another has been imprecise. The In...
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DTA and High Temperature X-Ray Investigations of Natural and Synthetic Thenardites, Na2SO4
Natural single crystals of thenardite, Na2SO4 V, are investigated by various thermal methods and compared with pure synthetic sodium sulfate. All investigated mineral samples turned out to be of high purity. As a...
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A New Instrument for Simultaneous Differential Thermal Analysis and Thermomicroscopy
The correlation between morphological or structural changes and DTA-recordings can give valuable additional information on the mechanism of phase transformations. This fact gave the impulse for the development...
