Standards for the calibration of a vacuum thermogravimetric...

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2006-06-13

2006-06-13

Gutierrez, Diego (Department: 2859)

Thermal measuring and testing

Temperature measurement

By electrical or magnetic heat sensor

C374S001000, C374S014000, C252S408100, C252S062550, C252S962000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07059768

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a set of standards for accurately calibrating a vacuum thermogravimetric analyzer (VTGA). The invention solves the problem of calibrating a VTGA by using the actual magnetic transitions and associated transition temperatures, or Curie temperatures, TC's, of a set of standards which can be used in-situ at the location of the sample holder obviating the difficulties associated with indirect methods of calibration. The set of standards permits accurate calibration through sufficiently numerous calibration points over a rather limited low-temperature range for determining vapor pressures of compounds. The set of temperature calibration standards is fabricated from slugs of ferromagnetic material. The composition of the ferromagnetic material in each slug is altered by alloying a ferromagnetic constituent with a non-ferromagnetic constituent to provide a plurality of standards with different Curie temperature over the limited temperature range. In particular, an embodiment of the invention using alloys of Ni and Cu where the amount of Cu varies between less than 0% up to approximately 50% by weight provides a set of standards that can span temperatures in any selected range from approximately 300 C to −150 C respectively. Prior to use in calibration, each slug is preferably placed in a magnetic field having a magnitude sufficient to provide a well defined magnetic transition at the Curie temperature.

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