
56-1
56.1 Introduction
ermal analysis is the measurement of a physical parameter as a function of temperature. e area com-
prises
se
veral
te
chniques
wh
ere
th
ermogravimetry
(TG
),
th
ermometric
ti
trimetry,
th
ermomechanical
an
alysis
(T
MA),
di
erential
th
ermal
an
alysis,
di
erential
sc
anning
ca
lorimetry,
an
d
so
me
sp
ecialized
techniques are among those described in this section. Applications are found in the characterization
of or
ganic
ma
terials,
bo
th
so
lids
an
d
li
quids
. Ma
terials
of in
terest
ca
n
be po
lymers,
mi
neral
an
d
sy
n-
thetic
oi
ls,
lu
bricants,
gr
eases,
pa
per
(c
ellulose),
an
d
ph
armaceuticals
. Ma
terial
to be an
alyzed
(t
ypically
10 mg
)
mu
st
b