Webinar Series: Pharmaceutical Characterization – Thermal Analysis

Part 1: Introduction to Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Ensuring product stability, consistent quality, and regulatory compliance is essential in pharmaceutical and cosmetic development. Thermal analysis is a powerful tool to support formulation, quality control, and troubleshooting across the product lifecycle.

This webinar marks the start of our Pharmaceutical Characterization series, designed to provide practical insights into key analytical techniques like used in the industry.

This session introduces the fundamentals of DSC and its application in identifying critical thermal transitions such as melting, CrystallizationCrystallization is the physical process of hardening during the formation and growth of crystals. During this process, heat of crystallization is released.crystallization, and Glass Transition TemperatureThe glass transition is one of the most important properties of amorphous and semi-crystalline materials, e.g., inorganic glasses, amorphous metals, polymers, pharmaceuticals and food ingredients, etc., and describes the temperature region where the mechanical properties of the materials change from hard and brittle to more soft, deformable or rubbery.glass transition, helping to better understand material behavior in complex formulations.

The series will further explore advanced topics including PolymorphismPolymorphism is the ability of a solid material to form different crystalline structures (synonyms: forms, modifications).polymorphism, stability, compatibility, and rheology, guiding participants from core principles to real-world applications.

Speaker:
Divya Bhavani
Sr. Specialist – Lab & Sales Application Engineer
NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing