Automated differential scanning calorimetry at low temperatures

• A Perkin-Elmer DSC-2 scanning calorimeter was operated by means of a PDP-11/34 computer with time-shared scanner and voltmeter. Special attention was paid to the problems of measurement below room temperature down to the low-temperature limit. It was found that Ne, rather than He, should be used as a purge gas, that scans should always be started at a standardized liquid nitrogen level, and that gas flow to the dry box should be stopped during measurements. Results on benzoic acid were then accurate to 0.6 % from 120 to 300 K. The specific heat of antimony was measured in the temperature interval 120–720 K.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Differential scanning calorimetry

low temperature

specific heat

heat capacity

benzoic acid

antimony

Sb

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art (subject category)