Differential scanning calorimeter

摘要

A differential scanning calorimeter in the form of a furnace (11) including a sensor plate (13) within a furnace wall (12). The sensor plate (13) includes a single central sample location (19). There is a temperature sensor (21) beneath the sample location and secondary temperature sensors (22) radially located between the sample location (19) and the furnace wall (12). In use, a sample on the sample location (19) is submitted to a temperature regime; its temperature is monitored and compared with the temperature determined by the secondary temperature sensors (22).