Recent trends in thermal analysis

Abstract

After a brief survey of events of the past fifteen years, the author outlines four areas which currently call for attention, namely nomenclature, quality of literature, the need for trained personnel and an expansion of thermal analysis into quality control and other fields outside the research and analytical laboratories. The application of low temperature DTA techniques to carbon tetrachloride, cyclohexanol and glycerides is discussed. The potentialities of DTA-mass spectrometry are outlined and the application of one experimental arrangement to a study of polyvinylalcohol is described. The possible use of DTA or DSC in purity determinations of organic compounds is outlined. © 1971, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.