Highlights
Unmatched Accuracy in High-Temperature DSC Analysis
The DSC 500 Pegasus® High-Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimeter sets the standard for precision for DSC analysis, even at the highest temperatures. Designed for the investigation of high-performance materials, it provides solutions to complex challenges in thermal analysis.
- Modular Design for extensive Versatility: Our modular design allows for easy exchange of furnaces and sensors, making the instrument adaptable to different applications. This system operates over a wide temperature range from -150°C to 2000°C to meet a variety of thermal analysis requirements.
- Superior Sensor Technology for Precise Measurements: Our high-performance heat flux DSC sensors, combined with precise sensor positioning, ensures exceptional accuracy for demanding applications, including specific heat measurements at high temperatures.
- Vacuum-Tight Design for Elimination of Atmospheric Influences: Our vacuum-tight design, combined with precise gas flow control, enables accurate management of high-purity atmospheres, including inert, oxidizing, reducing, and corrosive gases. By eliminating the possibility of unwanted reactions, this design supports reliable results.
- Versatile Hardware and Intelligent Software for Efficient Research: Our DSC includes a dual-hoist system that supports the operation of two furnaces or an integration of our Automatic Sample Changer (ASC), capable of handling up to 20 samples. Complementing this hardware is our superior software suite, including AutoEvaluation for automated data analysis and Identify for advanced material identification. This setup streamlines sample processing, optimizing research workflows and saving valuable time.
- Beyond Standard DSC Analysis: Our DSC system goes beyond traditional thermal analysis by enabling coupling with evolved gas analysis systems such as FT-IR or Mass Spectrometers. This integration significantly enhances the depth of information available from a single analysis, providing detailed insights into gas evolution and material behavior during thermal processes.
Method
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a powerful analytical technique widely utilized in materials science, chemistry, and related fields to measure thermal transitions in materials. The heat-flow DSC system, a common variant, operates by directly measuring the heat flow associated with material changes as a function of temperature and time.
Measuring Principle of Differential Scanning Calorimetry
The measurement principle of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is based on monitoring the difference in the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a sample and a reference material at the same rate. Because the sample and reference are exposed to identical temperature conditions, any difference in heat flow between them is meaningful and thus measured. This difference indicates that the sample is undergoing physical or chemical changes 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 or chemical reactions that either absorb or release heat.
A DSC measuring cell consists of a furnace and an integrated heat-flux sensor with designated positions for the sample and reference pans.
The DSC instrument records these heat flow differences as the temperature changes, providing a detailed profile of the sample´s thermal properties and transitions.
The DSC systems are based on relevant instrument and application standards, e.g., ISO 11357, ASTM E793, ASTM D3895, ASTM D3417, ASTM D3418, DIN 51004 and DIN 51007.
Specifications
Technical Data
Maximum Temperature Range
Interchangeable Sensors
Gas Atmospheres
Optional Oxygen Trap System (OTS®) for oxygen impurities below 1 ppmO2
Temperature Accuracy
± 0.5K
Temperature Precision
± 0.15K
Enthalpy Precision
± 1 … 3% (depending on temperature range)
Specific Heat Capacity Precision
-150°C to 1000°C: ± 1.0%
RT to 1400°C: ± 2.5%
RT to 1500°C: ± 3.5%
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Software
Proteus®: Simplifying Complex Thermal Analysis
Proteus® software is designed to take the complexity out of thermal analysis, providing a seamless, user-friendly experience without sacrificing analytical power. Designed to run on the Windows® platform, Proteus® provides everything you need to perform precise measurements and evaluate data with confidence. Its intuitive menus and automated routines streamline even the most complex analyses, making it an essential tool for professionals seeking reliable and efficient thermal insight. Licensed with the instrument, Proteus® can also be installed on additional systems, ensuring flexibility and accessibility for your workflow.
Proteus® software provides users with a wide range of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) features for accurate and comprehensive thermal analysis:
- Temperature Analysis: Accurately determine onset, peak, inflection and end temperatures.
- Transformation enthalpies: Analyse peak areas with customisable baselines, including partial peak area evaluations.
- Complex peak analysis: Obtain detailed data including characteristic temperatures, areas, peak heights and half-widths.
- Glass transition analysis: Perform detailed 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 evaluations, including determination of onset, midpoint and inflection points.
- BeFlat® Baseline Correction: Automate baseline adjustments for improved accuracy.
- Tau-R® Mode: Improves analysis accuracy by accounting for instrument time constants and thermal resistance, enabling sharper resolution of ExothermicA sample transition or a reaction is exothermic if heat is generated.exothermic and EndothermicA sample transition or a reaction is endothermic if heat is needed for the conversion.endothermic effects for more accurate interpretation of DSC results.
- AutoEvaluation: Streamline data analysis with automated routines that identify key thermal events such as peaks, onsets and transitions, providing fast, accurate and reproducible results with minimal user intervention.
This instrument is LabV®️-primed
LabV®️ takes the data from your analytical instrument: It automatically imports all measurement data into a central and secure database solution, the LabV®️ software. This allows you to visualize the data in LabV®️ and to make them searchable. Your data will now be accessible from anywhere. Moreover you have the possibility to generate reports.
Further Advanced Software Options
The Proteus® modules and expert software solutions offer further advanced processing of the thermoanalytical data for more sophisticated analyses.
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