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

There are mainly two types of thermo-gravimetry available, one is a<br />

dynamic thermo-gravimetry and the other is a static or endothermic thermo-<br />

gravimetry. In the dynamic thermo-gravimetry the sample is subjected at<br />

continuous and linearly increasing temperature, whereas, in the static or<br />

endothermic thermogravimetry, the sample is maintained at constant<br />

temperature for a certain period of time during which any change in weight is<br />

recorded. The basic requirements for the analysis are a precision balance and<br />

a recorder. At present, in market the availability of automatic recording<br />

thermo-balances is, usually, ranging from 1 mg to 100 g. In general a furnace<br />

should have a linear rise of temperature with time and should be capable to<br />

work in inert, oxidizing or reducing atmosphere from ambient to 1500 o C.<br />

Often the heating and cooling rate of the furnace can be selected from slightly<br />

higher than zero to as high as 200 o C/min. Because of the continuous record<br />

of weight and temperature no features of thermograms are overlooked. The<br />

shape of thermogravimetric curve of a particular compound is influenced by<br />

the heating rate of the sample and the atmosphere surrounding it [2, 5, 6].<br />

Figure: 4.3 A typical TGA set up.<br />

The thermo grams of pure and L-histidine, L-threonine and DL-<br />

methionine doped KDP crystals were recorded on PerkinElmer, Pyris1 TGA,<br />

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