Application of the thermal analysis for detection of the resinoid bond influence on quality of the compositions

The hardening process of bond compositions is very important technological operation from the point of view of quality and reliability of high-voltage insulation systems. The thermal analysis TMA, DTMA and DTA were used and compared for detection of the bond compositions.     

Investigations of perlites by modified differential thermogravimetry

DTA, TG and TMA were used to study wool samples of 64 quality, dyed and chromed in a dyeing bath at a low temperature (353 K), as well as by the conventional method involving boiling (369 K). The TMA data allowed establishment of the basic temperatures connected with theα-β transition of the wool keratin, the melting of the crystal regions and protein denaturation. It was shown that wool fibres chromed with 30 w.% K₂Cr₂O₇ at 353 K exhibit a decreased exothermic process in the range 700–750 K, which provides a possibility for evaluation of the effect of processing on the structural changes of the fibre keratin.     

Influence of fluorine on thermal properties of lead oxyfluoride glass

Oxyfluoride glasses are the basic materials for obtaining transparent glass–ceramic (TGC) which can be used in a wide range of optoelectronics devices such as: amplifiers, up-conversion, telescopes, laser sources. Oxyfluoride TGC is obtained by the control heat treatment of the parent glass due to low phonon nanocrystalline phases. The oxyfluoride glasses from the sodium–lead–silica system were the object of investigation. The influence of fluoride content on the thermal properties of glasses was analyzed. Thermal characteristics of glasses like the transition temperature T _g, the temperature for the crystallization onset T _x, and the maximum crystallization temperature T _c, thermal stability parameter were determined by DTA/DSC method. The linear expansion coefficients of oxyfluoride glasses as a function of temperature were measured using a thermo-mechanical analyzer (TMA 7 Perkin-Elmer). The effect of crystallization on the thermal expansion coefficient and softening temperature T _s was found.     

Morphological and structural change of nano-pored alumina membrane above 1200 K

The transition and the change in pore morphology of a porous alumina membrane prepared by anodically oxidizing aluminum in sulfuric acid were studied mainly by TG-DTA, TMA, dilatometry and TEM. At ca. 1243 K, TMA showed an expansion followed by contraction; the CO₂ and SO₂ gases were quickly discharged, and the pore morphology of the as-prepared porous membrane (ca 150 mm-t, with pores ca 25 nm in diameter and containing ca 11% by mass of SO₂) showed an abrupt change, but the pores were retained to ca. 1573 K. Sulfur incorporated in the membrane was lost in two stages, i.e., at ca 1243 K and in a range up to 1373 K. Isothermal measurements revealed the complex crystallization of the amorphous phase into polycrystalline phase. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermal anomaly in LiKSO4 crystals in the temperature range 300–800 K

Thermal analysis, DTA, TG, TMA and DSC were performed on LiKSO₄ in the temperature range 300 to 800 K, using a Heraeus TA 500 thermal analyser. The thermal expansion coefficients measured along the three fundamental crystallogrpahic axes, together with the specific heatC _p, show anomalous behaviour around the phase transition temperature of these crystals atT _c=705 K. Anisotropy in the thermal expansion coefficient as well as endothermic peaks aroundT _c were also observed, while no loss of weight was detected. The temperature-dependence of the thermal conductivity of LiKSO₄ crystals has been estimated, using the temperature-variation of the thermal diffusivity.     

Thermal and Sintering Behaviour of Basalt Glasses and Natural Basalt Powders

A study of three Spanish and one Bulgarian basaltic rock demonstrated that, after thermal treatment at temperatures higher than 800°C, crystallization of pyroxenes, anorthite and magnetic occurred. Following sintering of the original basalts and powdered original glasses, the same crystalline phases were nucleated and grown in the resulting glass-ceramics. Chemical and DTA/TG analyses suggested similar behaviour for the synthesized Canarian basalt glasses, which are located in the tephrite-basanite field, and different behaviour for the trachy-andesite Canarian and the basaltic-andesite Bulgarian basalt glass. In consequence of the high sensitivity of the specific heat to phase transformations, C_p(T) and TMA experiments allowed a distinction between the tephrite-basanite and trachy-andesite Canarian glasses on the basis of their different thermal behaviour. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Stabilization and crystallization behaviour of the amorphous Bi0.96Pb0.24SrCaCu1.6O5+x high temperature superconductor material

Crystallization behaviour of the amorphous Bi_0.96Pb_0.24SrCaCu_1.6O_5+x (02 and vacuum. Crystallization temperatures, activation energies and heat of crystallization are found to be 708–728 K, 2.25–2.32 eV and 0.16–1.81 kJ/g-atom, respectively, depending upon the atmosphere used during DTA. This material undergoes a number of structural and thermochemical transformations on continuously heating during DTA upto the melting temperature, which depends critically upon the atmosphere used.     

Bacterial activity of cobalt(III) complexes. Part IV: Diethylenetriaminemonoacetatocobalt(III) complexes

Summary The activities of the diethylenetriaminemonoacetatocobalt(III) complexes, [Co(en)(DTMA)]I₂, [CoX₂(DTMA)] and [CoCO₃(DTMA)]·H₂O (DTMA=diethylenetriaminemonoacetato or formally 3-amino-3, 6-diazaoctanato; en=ethylenediamine, X=Cl^–, NO ₂ ^– , NCS^–) were studied onEscherichia coli B growing in a minimal glucose medium in both lag- and log-phases. Activities decrease in the order: [Co(NCS)₂(DTMA)]> [Co(NO₂)₂(DTMA)]>[Co(en)(DTMA)]I₂>[CoCl₂(DTMA)] >[CoCO₃(DTMA)]·H₂O. The antagonistic activities of the complexes were also studied.     

Thermal analysis and longtime stability of amorphous Co100−xBx alloys

Crystallization behaviour of amorphous Co_100?xB_x alloys (17 <x ≤ 40) has been investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and dynamic temperature X-ray diffraction (DTXD) methods in the freshly prepared state and at a period of about eight years after preparation. The crystallization temperatures lie in the range 670 K–760 K. An average decrease of about 1.25 K/year over a period of eight years has been observed to take place in the crystallization temperatures of these materials. The value of heat of crystallization (ΔH _cr) and activation energy lie in the range 2.3 kJ/g-at – 5.9 kJ/g-at and 2.1 eV – 2.4 eV, respectively. The phases obtained at crystallization temperatures during DTXD analysis have been discussed.     

Use of thermal analysis techniques for examining blow-molded pet bottle specimens

Eight samples from different areas of stretch-blow-molded poly(ethylene terephthalate) [PET] bottles, including a PET resin control, were tested by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermomechanical analysis (TMA). The glass transition temperature (T _g) was found to linearly decrease about 6C from zero to 45 percent initial crystallinity. Measurements ofT _c (crystallization temperature, DSC) and film tension modulus (TMA) were related to crystallization rate during stretch-blow-molding. The TMA linear coefficients of thermal expansion and shrinkage were shown to be important for blow-molding temperature control.     

Investigation of eutectic transformation of Zn−Al alloy by DTA

The paper discusses the investigation of crystallization of metals and alloys by differential thermal analysis (DTA). It was assumed that this method allows determination of the mechanism and kinetics of volumetric crystallization underiso conditions (e.g. anisothermal) on the basis of the parameters of the equation expressing an integral form of the DTA curve. From DTA, a course of eutectic transformation was determined for a technical Zn?Al alloy containing 4wt% Al. Investigations were carried out under continuous cooling at various rates and the kinetics parameters were determined with the KEKAM equation:-ln(1-x)=kl _n     

The effect of TiO2 on the structure and devitrification behavior of potassium titanium germanate glass

The effect of replacing 20 mol% of GeO₂ by TiO₂ on the properties of potassium germanate glass was investigated. The structure and devitrification behaviour of glasses were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). It was observed that potassium titanium germanate has a higher glass transition temperature and a higher thermal stability vs. crystallization. The presence of two exothermic peaks on the DTA curve of potassium germanate glass indicates the complex crystallization process. The XRD pattern of this glass heated at the temperature of the first crystallization peak indicated that the GeO₂ and K₂Ge₇O₁₅ were formed. Only the K₂TiGe₃O₉ phase was identified, in a case when potassium titanium germanate glass was heated at the temperature of the crystallization peak.     

Effect of Y2O3 addition on viscosity and crystallization of the lithium aluminosilicate glasses

The melting and crystallization behaviors of lithium aluminosilicate (LAS) glasses containing Y₂O₃ were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and viscosity test. Effects of Y₂O₃ on the viscosity of LAS glasses were investigated from the softening point temperature to melting temperature. It was indicated that the introduction of yttria effectively decreased the melting temperature and viscosity of LAS glasses. The DTA and XRD results showed that yttria controlled the crystallization of LAS glasses by increasing the crystallization peak temperature (T_p) and activation energies (E), and the main crystalline phase of glass-ceramics was β-spodumene.     

Crystallization study of Na-Gd phosphate glass using non-isothermal DTA

Na-Gd phosphate glasses doped with Ce³⁺ are intensively studied due to their high intensity radioluminescence. Crystallization kinetics of glass with nominal composition of NaGd(PO₃)₄ was investigated using non-isothermal DTA at heating rates between 10 and 115 K min⁻¹ and evaluated by the Kissinger and Ozawa peak methods. The activation energy for crystallization was determined for heating rates lower than 72 Kmin⁻¹ as 789.91 and 802.77 kJ mol⁻¹ by using the Kissinger and Ozawa methods, respectively. Formation of nuclei, their dimensions and movement of the crystallization front were observed using isothermal optical thermomicroscopy.     

Some studies on the phase formation and kinetics in TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> containing lithium aluminum silicate glasses nucleated by P<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>5</Subscript>

Lithium aluminum silicate (LAS) glasses of compositions (wt%) 10.6Li₂O–71.7SiO₂–7.1Al₂O₃–4.9K₂O–3.2B₂O₃–1.25P₂O₅–1.25TiO₂ were prepared by the melt quench technique. Crystallization kinetics was investigated by the method of Kissinger and Augis–Bennett using differential thermal analysis (DTA). Based on the DTA data, glass ceramics were prepared by single-, two-, and three-step heat treatment schedules. The interdependence of different phases formed, microstructure, thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) and microhardness (MH) was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermo-mechanical analysis (TMA), and microhardness (MH) measurements. Crystallization kinetics revealed that Li₂SiO₃ is the kinetically favored phase with activation energy of 91.10 kJ/mol. An Avrami exponent of n = 3.33 indicated the dominance of bulk crystallization. Based upon the formation of phases, it was observed that the two-stage heat treatment results in highest TEC glass ceramics. The single-step heat treatment yielded glass ceramics with the highest MH.     

Crystallization in glasses monitored by thermomechanical analysis

Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) can be used as a sensitive tool to follow crystallization behavior in non-crystalline materials. Newly developed method is based on slowing down of sample deformation caused by viscous flow above the glass transition due to macroscopic crystal growth. It is shown that a typical TMA sigmoidal curve reasonably well corresponds to direct measurement of crystal growth kinetics by means of optical microscopy. The method has been used to study crystallization kinetics in Ge₃₈S₆₂ glass. The TMA measurement is able to detect earlier stages of crystallization than obtained by differential scanning calorimetry measurement. The activation energy obtained from the shift of extrapolated end of TMA curve with heating rate (E = 263 ± 7 kJ mol^?1) is similar to the activation energy of ??-GeS₂ crystal growth in Ge₃₈S₆₂ glass (E _G = 247 ± 23 kJ mol^?1) obtained from direct optical microscopy measurements.     

T-x-y diagram of the Ni-Bi-Se system

Some polythermal sections of the Ni-Bi-Se system have been investigated by DTA, X-ray powder diffraction, microstructural analysis, and microhardness measurements. The liquidus surface has been constructed for this system. The compounds NiBi₂Se₄ and Ni₃Bi₂Se₂ are formed by dystectic reactions and melt at 1088 and 980 K, respectively. The regions of primary and joint phase crystallization have been determined. A commutation of Bi₂Se₃-based thermoelements with a metal nickel bus-bar has been proposed.     

Thermodynamic Investigation of Crystallization Behaviour of Pyroxenic Basalt-Based Glasses

For a series of pyroxenic basalt-based glasses, DTA was used to elucidate the changes occurring on including specified oxidizing agents and rectifying oxides Na₂O and/or CaO, or CaO+MgO to modify one or more of the ratios FeO:Fe₂O₃, CaO:Na₂O and CaO:MgO that affect the monominerality and crystallization behaviour. From comparisons of the positions, characters and intensities of the DTA peaks, the effects of the rectifying component on the crystallization processes were readily demonstrated. The higher crystallizabilities exhibited when MnO₂ was used as oxidizing agent and Na₂O and/or MgO as rectifying oxides were related to their effects in reducing the viscosity of the glass and in enhancing the nucleation rate of the glass.     

Study of crystallization process of soda lead silicate glasses by thermal and spectroscopic methods

The crystallization process of some glasses in the ternary Na₂O–SiO₂–PbO system with good chemical stability that can be used for waste inertization was studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and scanning electron microscopy. The parent glasses were characterized by XRD and FT-IR, and their vitreous state was determined. DTA measurements evidenced glass transition (T _g) and crystallization temperatures (T _c). The thermal treatments were conducted at vitreous transition temperature (400 °C) and at highest effect of crystallization (650 °C). XRD evidenced the lead and sodium silicate crystalline phases in samples treated at 650 °C for 12 h. Micrometer crystallites dispersed in the glass matrices have affected the transparence of glasses and made them opaque after treatment at 650 °C. The influence of oxide quantities in compositions on the crystallization tendency was revealed. A PbO higher content than that of SiO₂ as well as lower Na₂O content decreased the tendency of crystallization.     

Effects of Alkali Metal Doping and γ-Irradiation on the Crystallization Kinetics of the Glass Ag7I4VO4

The crystallization kinetics of the γ-irradiated and the unirradiated glass Ag7I4VO4 was studied dynamically by means of DTA, and isothermally via electrical conductivity measurements. The influence of doping with alkali metal ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+ or Cs+) on the crystallization process in the glass was also investigated. The results showed that the rate of crystallization depends on the nature of the added metal ion and on the crystallization growth mechanism. The latter is a two-dimensional process for both the pure and the alkali metal-doped glasses. The effects of irradiation and additive ions on the crystallization process are discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.