METTLER TOLEDO

DSC Curve Interpretation

Interpretation of DSC curves

Practice:
The 15 diagrams on the next pages include the following effects:

§ melting
§ crystallization, cold crystallization
§ evaporation, vaporization, drying
§ solid-solid transition
§ polymorphic transitions via the liquid phase
§ glass transition
§ oxidation
§ curing, polymerization, polyaddition
§ decomposition
§ initial deflection
§ artifact, mechanical disturbances

Write down the effects on the curves and try to find out what each
substance is.

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^exo Interpretation DSC 1 10.11.2000 16:24:42

mW
Diagram 1 0

Clear liquid
-20

-40

-60
Integral -11.62e+03 mJ
normalized -2323.51 Jg^-1
-80

40 60 80 100 120 °C
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^exo Interpretation DSC 2 16.11.2000 17:43:26

Diagram 2
White powder
Wg^-1

5
-0.025 mW

-0.030

299.5 300.0 300.5 °C

292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 3 10.11.2000 17:31:50

Diagram 3
White powder, heated
to 200 °C and shock
cooled to ambient
10
mW

120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 °C

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Diagram 4
White powder, heated
to 200 °C and shock 5
cooled to ambient mW

40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 °C
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^exo Interpretation DSC 5 16.11.2000 16:03:53

Heating
Diagram 5
White powder m = 0.43 mg
157.5 J/g
5 K/min
5
mW
156.8 J/g
-5 K/min
Cooling

130 135 140 145 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 6 26.04.2001 09:00:22

Diagram 6
Chemical element
Integral -102.71 mJ
normalized -12.26 Jg^-1
5 Onset 103.59 °C
mW

Integral -412.33 mJ
normalized -49.22 Jg^-1
Onset 115.85 °C

60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 7 26.04.2001 08:59:32

Diagram 7 mW

Viscous liquid (at

ambient temperature)

-5

Integral -1036.60 mJ
normalized -55.14 Jg^-1

-10

-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 8 17.11.2000 11:38:28

Diagram 8 Lid pierced

Integral -268.26 mJ
White powder normalized -50.95 Jg^-1
Peak 194.03 °C
1
Wg^-1

Pan hermetically sealed

Integral -174.83 mJ
normalized -51.42 Jg^-1
Peak 178.44 °C

120 140 160 180 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 9 17.11.2000 13:34:24

Diagram 9
Headache pill ground
in mortar
5
mW
Weight loss 30%!

50 100 150 200 °C

0 10 20 30 min
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Diagram 10
Opaque film
Atmosphere: Air
10
mW

50 100 150 200 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 11 17.11.2000 12:35:36

Diagram 11
Yellowish plastic

10
mW

50 100 150 200 250 °C

e
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^exo Interpretation DSC 12 17.11.2000 12:50:39

Diagram 12
Transparent plastic

10
mW

40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 °C

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Diagram 13 First Heating

Transparent plastic

1 Second Heating
mW

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 14 17.11.2000 13:19:23

Diagram 14
Viscous liquid

2
mW

First run

Second run

0 50 100 150 200 °C

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^exo Interpretation DSC 15 17.11.2000 14:03:52

Diagram 15
White film 40 ul Al pan, sealed

5
mW

100 150 200 250 300 350 °C

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