Thermal analysis

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011928",
  "term": "Thermal analysis",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A family of techniques that record a physical property of a sample while its temperature is changed according to a controlled program, usually heating at a constant rate. The resulting curves reveal melting and other phase transitions, decomposition and further temperature-dependent processes. Thermogravimetric analysis, which follows mass, and differential scanning calorimetry, which follows heat flow, are the most common examples.",
  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "enthalpimetric analysis",
    "program"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 38 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)",
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 2487. 'Nomenclature of thermometric and enthalpimetric methods in chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 2488 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466122487)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/thermal-analysis/"
}