MRI: Acquisition of a differential scanning calorimeter for undergraduate research and training

该奖项由主要研究仪器（MRI）和化学研究仪器项目支持。Harvey Mudd学院的Gerald Van Hecke教授和他的同事正在研制一种差示扫描量热计（DSC）。差示扫描量热计测量材料发生相变时的温度（例如从固体到液体），促进相变所需的热量，以及玻璃温度的变化。材料的吸热能力（热容）和检测多晶可以研究。该仪器用于大气气溶胶的研究和潜在储热介质材料的研究。DSC为Harvey Mudd，姐妹Claremont学院和至少两所当地社区学院提供了量热学的研究机会，这大大增加了对该技术的年轻研究人员的培训。这个量热计加强了各级的研究和教育。它有助于研究人员对含水大气气溶胶进行热表征，并探索简单羧基液体二元混合物中的共晶和包晶行为。这些后期材料在热能储存材料中有潜在的用途。最后，利用DSC测定了环境温度以上铁电晶体与磁性耦合的应急材料的热相特性。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Programs. Professor Gerald Van Hecke from Harvey Mudd College and colleagues are acquiring a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). A differential scanning calorimeter measures the temperature that a material undergoes a change in phase (for example from solid to liquid), the heat necessary to promote the phase change, and glass temperature changes. The capacity of a material to adsorb heat (heat capacity) and the detection of polymorphic crystals can be studied. The instrument is used in research on atmospheric aerosols and the study of potential materials for thermal energy storage media. The DSC provides research opportunities in calorimetry at Harvey Mudd, sister Claremont Colleges, and at least two local community colleges which greatly increases the training of young researchers in this technique. This calorimeter enhances research and education at all levels. It aids researchers in thermally characterizing aqueous atmospheric aerosols and in exploring eutectic and peritectic behavior in binary mixtures of simple carboxylic liquids. These later materials have potential use in thermal energy storage materials. Finally, the DSC is used to determine the thermal and phase properties of emergent materials for coupling magnetism to ferroelectric crystalline propwerties above ambient temperature.