Some Comments on the Determination of Enthalpies of Liquid Crystalline Transitions by Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
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| Authors: | B R Ratna S Chandrasekhar |
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| Institution: | Raman Research Institute , Bangalore, 560080, India |
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| Abstract: | We demonstrate a simple practical method of improving the accuracy of determination of enthalpies of liquid crystalline transitions by differential scanning calorimetry. The method involves measurements at different heating rates and interpolation to zero heating rate. |
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| Keywords: | liquid crystalline transitions differential scanning calorimetry transition enthalpy |
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