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Record 1 1999-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Chemical Engineering
DEF

[In thermal analysis], record of the temperature of a substance against time in an environment heated at a controlled rate. ...

OBS

T should be plotted on the ordinate increasing upwards and t on the abscissa increasing from left to right. Term rejected by ICTA for heating curve is thermal analysis. When determinations are performed during the cooling cycle, this becomes a cooling curve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Courbe représentant la mesure, en fonction du temps, de la température d'un échantillon placé dans une enceinte chauffée selon un programme de température déterminé.

OBS

La température T doit être portée en ordonnée par valeurs croissantes vers le haut et t en abscisse par valeurs croissantes vers la droite. Quand les déterminations sont faites pendant le cycle de refroidissement, cette courbe devient une courbe d'analyse thermique simple au refroidissement.

Spanish

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