Chip-DSC 1
Patented, revolutionary Sensor Concept
Description
On point
The Chip-DSC 1 represents a cutting-edge integration of all essential components of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC): the furnace, sensor, and electronics are seamlessly housed in a miniaturized unit. Within this chip arrangement, the heater and temperature sensor are housed in a chemically inert ceramic structure with metallic elements for superior performance.
This design facilitates outstanding reproducibility and enables exceptional temperature control and heating rates of up to 100 K/min. The integrated sensor is user-replaceable and available at a low cost.
Innovative Chip-Sensor Technology
The world’s sole commercial Heat Flux DSC featuring an integrated heater and temperature sensor. Unmatched sensitivity, time constant, and heating/cooling rates.
Benchmark resolution – precise separation of close lying events
Our distinctive sensor design allows for benchmark resolution, ensuring the precise separation of overlapping effects and events.
The integrated chip-sensor design yields high-quality raw data, allowing for direct analysis without the need for pre- or post-processing of heat flow data.
The compact construction of this system results in significant cost reductions in production, benefits that we pass on to our customers. The low energy consumption and unmatched dynamic response contribute to the remarkable performance of this innovative DSC concept.
Highest sensitivity – for detection of melts and weak transitions
Thanks to the innovative low-mass design of the Chip-DSC sensor, we are able to provide a Heat Flux DSC Sensor with an unmatched response rate, ensuring the highest sensitivity for detecting melts and weak transitions.
Unmatched cooling speed – low mass Chip Sensor
The lightweight design of our sensor allows us to achieve unmatched cooling speeds, opening the door to exciting new applications and significantly increasing sample throughput.
Specifications
| Model | Chip-DSC 1* |
|---|---|
| Temperature range: | RT up to 450 °C (no cooling option available) |
| Price range: | $ |
| Heating and cooling rates: | 0,001 up to 100 K/min |
| Temperature accuracy: | +/- 0,2K |
| Temperature precision: | +/- 0,02K |
| Digital resolution: | 16.8 million points |
| Resolution: | 0,03 µW |
| Atmospheres: | inert, oxidizing (static, dynamic) |
| Measuring range: | +/-2,5 up to +/-1000 mW |
| Calibration materials: | included |
| Calibration: | Recommended 6 month interval |
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Software
The all-new Platinum Software significantly streamlines your workflow, requiring minimal parameter input for intuitive data handling.
AutoEval provides valuable guidance for users when evaluating standard processes, such as glass transitions or melting points. The thermal library product identification tool offers a database with 600 polymers, allowing for an automatic identification tool for your tested polymer.
Instrument control and surveillance through mobile devices provide you with control no matter where you are, enhancing the flexibility and accessibility of your workflow.
- Software packages are compatible with latest Windows operating system
- Set up menu entries
- All specific measuring parameters (User, Lab, Sample, Company, etc.)
- Optional password and user levels
- Undo and Redo function for all steps
- Infinite heating, cooling or dwell time segments
- Multiple language versions such as English, Germany, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, etc. (user selectable)
- Evaluation software features a number of functions enabling a complete evaluation of all types of data
- Multiple smoothing models
- Complete evaluation history (all steps can be undone)
- Evaluation and data acquisition can be performed simultaneously
- Data can be corrected using zero and calibration correction
- Data evaluation includes: Peak separation software Signal correction and smoothing, first and second derivative, curve arithmetic, data peak evaluation, glass point evaluation, slope correction. Zoom / individual segment display, multiple curve overlay, annotation and drawing tools, copy to clip board function, multiple export features for graphic and data export, reference based correction.
Applications
Application: Rapid cooling rates without active cooling
The Linseis Chip-DSC offers the capability to achieve extremely fast ballistic cooling rates without the need for active cooling equipment. Thanks to its low thermal mass and innovative sensor design, it enables cooling rates of up to 200°C/min from the maximum temperature to 100°C and up to 50°C/min from 100°C to room temperature.
For example, starting ballistic cooling from an isothermal segment at 400°C, you can reach 50°C in under 3 minutes of measurement time. Importantly, the signal can still be evaluated during this cooling segment without sacrificing sensitivity or accuracy. This feature enhances the versatility and efficiency of your cooling processes, making the Linseis Chip-DSC an excellent choice for rapid cooling applications.
Application: Measurement of PET granulate
The analysis of polymers stands as one of the primary applications of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Phenomena like glass transitions, melting, and crystallization points are of particular interest but can often be challenging to detect. The Linseis Chip-DSC, with its high resolution and sensitivity, proves to be an ideal instrument for precisely this type of analysis.
For instance, consider the case of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) granulate. In this example, the PET granulate was subjected to heating and then rapidly quench-cooled to preserve its amorphous state. Subsequently, the sample was analyzed using the Chip-DSC with a linear heating rate of 50°C/min. The resulting curve reveals a significant glass transition around 80°C, followed by the cold crystallization of the amorphous components beginning at 148°C, and finally, a distinct melting peak at 230.6°C.
This illustrates how the Linseis Chip-DSC’s capabilities enable the precise characterization of the thermal properties of polymers, as demonstrated in the analysis of PET granulate.
Videos
Webinar Product presentation
Installation of the Chip-DSC
Sensor exchange
Measurement of PET
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