Theory and Practice of Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MODULATED TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY 

Andrew A. Lacey, Duncan M. Priced, Mike Reading  

Reading and D. Hourston (eds.), Theory and Practice of Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry, 1-82. 

It is not the intention of this chapter to be a review of the literature (if the reader is looking for this. Ref [1] is a recent example). Its purpose is to serve as an introduction to the technique of MTDSC starting with fairly basic and practical matters than progressing onto more advanced levels. It is also intended to serve as a guide to understanding the remaining chapters that deal with three principal classes of polymeric materials, thermosets, thermoplastic polymer blends and semi-crystalline polymers. 

The use of a modulated temperature profile with DSC, combined with a deconvolution procedure in order to obtain the same information as conventional DSC plus, at the same time, the response to the modulation, was first proposed by Reading and co-workers [2-17]. In this section, we describe the basic deconvolution procedure i.e. how that data are processed and presented for a typical polymer sample. We then consider how these data are interpreted. 

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Lacey, M., Price, D.M., Reading, M., 2006. Theory and practice of modulated temperature differential scanning calorimetry. In Reading, M., Hourston, D. (Eds.), Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (Chapter 1). 

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