INORGANIC
THERMOGRAVIMETRIC
ANALYSIS
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CLEMENT DUVAL
SECOND AND REVISED EDITION
od ft rc moPreface S
eos ase met Br
ate in 1952, 1 rote in the Poserpt of the fin ston: “Now that
the inl impse has been given, my slocerest wi ose seco
ston of this modest work supiemeated by the reeucher of my
‘elow-vorters in all part ofthe world"
‘he fst eetion as teen out f pit for thise years of wore and
{am happy to report tat my wsh as tem failed eyood my wie
bones. By st January, 1961 tere wee 52 models of tbennoklancss
snd 10 of thee were alle fom dealers thoughout fe moras T
have read 2200 papers in psoas fr sl quate ofthe Bobs oe
in more precise fem, Ihave reguly consulted the folowing rough
the sven dates, Le throt 1
Balen signage da CARS, Deceer 1960
(Glemial Absa, No. 22,281 November —
1960
Aratycal Abret. No. 12, Desemter 1960
“Aratyca Chimes deta, No. 6 December 960
‘rate! Chom, No, 12 December (960
Journal of ina‘gane ond Naclar
‘Chemis No 12, December 1960
Bult dis Said einigue de France, Nou 12, December 1960
estinics eta No. 6, December (960
For praca reason, th present edoa wil ake into account the
BBE Pobsked up to Jaseary 161. Those apestng ater this a
‘brary co date wil Be held forthe td edition In some ivtaees
hive brn able tose only abstaus the oigeals wer not svalae
‘ France and the authors id tot respond, ia most ofthese eae, 10
ue request for repens
Up tothe present it has been anata! chensty which has prof!
‘ost from the fecent progres of themmogrvinery, aad this the
‘eason the word analy his been retained inthe tit, but the tesler
il scover hat tiseio desis als with Kite ts, investigations ——of emai, actions ithe Sl stat, and studies of the behavior of
andar steals for Ura solutions and aloof various sutaances
Such aze ot employed in analysis I seems approgvat to eal ere
the eecumstanoes and tain of thoogt wich led me, om 19468, 10
eve my atenion to the work on prespitats that had been cared
fut bythe Japanese sho
"A pits the currant reviews of snl! chesy, or simply at
the semionthly “Aoftcal Chem” seton of Chemica Mbit
vilshow that ravntry, a ests orgie cbeméiy, is being spe
Sedo by methods which sesmngly ave more rapid, such a2 UUme,
‘oionietty,polatograpiy, colons, specwogaphy. These banehes
‘of analy sherry have made wootetal progres nthe past 20 years
find imay wel be asked weer the fuel, the ler pues tbe ence
tnd tie balance with iis kaifeedges and dscoatnuous weighing,
etages of Jong traction, are not dened to eagpeac 00m, td
{Bre nay Io oder more modem devas capabe of eal pression.
‘wove the blanc is indsensale othe cerying ou the math
teeter than gravameey, save pera colomety, and i tll ne
‘cea when determing the fray.
afc have always wondered why autor ate 9 poi wth deta
speci te consivons of preston (volume of Uguid to be dee
‘ined, maximum ard minsta coneenvatiog, volume apd tte ofthe
reazen i empertare, io the slution, volume of baler, te time
essay fr ageing ie rein, the porosty ofthe treble oF
fetes fier paper tne peparstion aod'vlune of wath qu), while
ten eves inthe larger sal text, nothing is tid about the sab
Sequent tetment otc the spe deotion "= -and git to cons
eit..." or such vague pases "heat not above dul red, “neat
£0 that he botiom of the eucbe becomes rd, of "het to the highest
sii enperature ele. This was evesable inthe time of etzelas
$d Ros, but sould o longs be tolerate ight yeas afar Le Che
ler inverted the themoveticpyrometee Tae state of afte is
ttenely repretale, for, in spite of the remaable Progas which
aualycalebamistry has made ip the elds of aqueous systems ts
tmpral carats i prsetve, as wel a "hore Od extmoded Rabi”
‘wh pure shemiste are 9 prone to mock,
‘Wie sting Ludwigshafen on the Rhine 58 1946, 1 mas impessed
by the automatic ereiton of organic combustion ales by the
etiods that had fecerly been pulse’ by W. Zimmermann. Eom
that time on 1'was never fee ofthe Hen of evolving apd automate
inorganic gavimeie analsex which would tein peeiioary sep
tations ad hc could eer grapes defor iad
Spec Happy the Chevenad tocnhlance tad prope bend
tt epetienal sage, br there emane at amour of ark be
done before te new mehodlopy asst eee tae het
cou be dove bya thc
‘With te aid 8 17 calatoraton, we have prepared and pyroized
scound 1500 pcp which have been peopel fare oe
‘ane sravnenic aaa sifing the worthele fom the poor net
{cicada tem fom th sep ti aaa fo
‘Ntcnate gravity. We da paicusry mh ton quate ro
edores wien rea Hest below 20% wih te Fea ht sae ot
iter cee neces et 2 mates Faeroe oe
carves otaitedon raph pape weresuth that oper wa ones
‘xpoved 0 the dnge of making sn ico mein, and with sch
Permanent tesore avaible he ould postpone if he ise Ns cone
‘Mono he iting oa sone in og ae he aay
We tae greatly appreciated te comments of ome of ou ealesues
‘xyes those who methods an ings ave ciiczed at inproved
{nt arene, [coal FE Bean a W. AE Mba
hon hr cniraion to CL. Witonand‘B. W. Wisors Cont
‘rhemive aalee Chemis Eaoree Pehing Company, 96D)
‘ro By fr te gate tres made wade eptiton
of aoncprate beaing and ing temperate Tor pep have
Seon made by Duval who, hugh slong sis of pean, has
sor terograms oie the hes pace for moto the
iimece mete
We lave ao been much interested inthe many ectcams of our
pebliatons Some of tee (ss than 10) ae used Ast eaters
ewan Chater te tone ote ack atc
by pointing au the varies fo mach temas cane tice
must be renembered. that thermopsvneiy st in nine)
asl cing ts eth, and despite te tet aan nln
Tae na yet ten able to fed my substance whith ie he me