Application of Thermal Analysis Technology in Catalyst Research

5 Application of Thermal Analysis Technology in Catalyst Research 

Thermal analysis is an experimental technology to study the changes of characters and states of substances as a function of temperature during the process of heating or cooling. As it is a method based on dynamic state, comparing with the static analysis, it shows more advantages such as fast, simple and continuous etc. Therefore it is a powerful tool of material research and is used widely in various fields. 

Because the thermal analysis can track the changes of heat, mass and state in the process of preparation and reaction of catalyst, it achieves many applications, not only in the analysis of raw materials, but also in the analysis of process of preparation and usage of catalysts to provide valuable information. The Thermal analysis has about 20 kinds of different technologies (Fig. 7.21), wherein thermo-gravimetric analysis (TG), derivatography analysis (DTA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) etc are most widely used in catalyst study. 

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