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Chapter IV Thermal Studies of …..<br />

for complementary information becomes necessary. For example, both<br />

differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA)<br />

are widely used in studies involving physicochemical changes accompanied<br />

by variation in the heat content and the weight of the material.<br />

Figure: 4.1 Various thermo analytical techniques.<br />

In the present investigation pure and amino acid doped (L-histidine, L-<br />

threonine and DL-methionine) KDP crystals have been studied by employing<br />

thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) in order to study the effect of doping on<br />

thermal stability of KDP crystals and evaluate the kinetic and thermodynamic<br />

parameters for the initial stage of dehydration.<br />

4.2 Thermo Gravimetric Analysis<br />

Thermo gravimetric analysis is a technique in which the mass of a<br />

substance is measured as a function of temperature or time while the<br />

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