Principle of Thermal Analysis

By P.S. Hughes and E.D. Baxter Understanding Batteries By Ronald M. Dell and David A.J. Rand Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry... 

There are a number of excellent books that provide information on pharmaceutical thermal analysis but many do not include sections on isothermal microcalorimetry. Probably the most useful textbook in print is The Handbook of Thermal Analysis. Vol 1 Principles and practice, edited by ME Brown, Elsevier Science (Amsterdam), 1998, which comprehensively covers all aspects of thermal analysis. A more specialised, but now out of print, text is Biological Microcalorimetry, edited by AE Beezer, Academic Press (London), 1982 and an excellent chapter can be found in Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, edited by PJ Haines, RSC (Cambridge), 2002. The subject of pharmaceutical uses of DSC is more widely covered with excellent texts including Biocalorimetry, edited by JE Ladbury and BZ Chowdhry, Wiley (Chichester), 1998 and Pharmaceutical Thermal Analysis, edited by JL Ford and P Timmins, Ellis Harwood, 1989 (although a new edition of this text is due, edited by JL Ford, P Timmins and G Buckton). 

Laye, P.G. 2002. Differential thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. In, Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (P. J. Haines, ed.), pp. 55-93, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge. 

The measurement of temperature is one of the fundamental means of assessing the properties of a system, going back to the simple method of putting one s hand on or in a system such as a pool of water. It is useful to consider this apparently trivial example in more detail as many of the principles of thermal analysis may be understood in this way. In reality, what is being performed is a comparison of the hotness of the water to that of the body (or more specifically that of the skin). This leads to two of the underpinning concepts of thermal analysis. The first is that we make measurements of thermal... 

Warrington, S.B. Simultaneous thermal analysis techniques. In Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Haines, P.J., Ed. Royal Society of Chemistry Cambridge, U.K., 2002 Chapter 6, 172-174. 

Figure 2. Principle of Thermal Analysis in general, from [14] recording of physical property JT as a function of temperature T, whatever the type of heating control.

Written by acknowledged experts. Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry is up-to-date, wide-ranging and practical. It will be an important source of information for many levels of reader-ship in a variety of areas, from students and lecturers through to industrial and laboratory staff and consultants. 

Haines PJ (ed.) (2002) Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Cambridge, UK Royal Society of Chemistry. 

Figure 15 TG (A) and Hi-Res TG (dynamic rate) (B) curves for a sodium/potassiumcarbonate mixture. (Reproduced with permission from Haines PJ (ed.) Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2002). Cambridge Royai Society of Chemistry.)...

For a detailed description of thennal methods, see Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, P. J. Haines, ed.. Cambridge, UK Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002 P. I. Haines, Thermal Methods of Analysis, London Blackic, 1995 B, Wunderlich, Thermal Analysis, Boston Academic Press, 1990 W, W, Wendlandt, Thermal Analysis,. rd ed.. New York Wiley, 1985. For recent reviews, see S- Vyazovktn.. Anal. Chem., 2006, 78. 3875 Anal. Chem., 2004, 76, 3299 Anai. Chem.. 2002, "4, 2749. For a description of thermal analysis instruments, see B. E. Erickson, Anal. Chem.. 1999, 7]. 689A. 

R.J. Willson, Calorimetry, in Principles of thermal analysis and calorimetry, ed. by P.J. Haines (The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2002)... 

HAl 02] Haines J.P., Principles of Thermal Analysis, RSC editor, Cambridge, 2002. 

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