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Thermogravimetry

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Thermal Methods of Analysis

Abstract

The measurement of the mass of a sample is often one of the earliest quantitative experiments we do. Every day, many portions of foods, pharmaceuticals, containers, chemicals, polymers or engineering parts are weighed and recorded. The extension of this simple technique into analysis provides the discipline of gravimetric analysis. This has been defined [1] as ‘quantitative analysis by weight’ and is the process of isolating and weighing an element or a definite compound of the element in as pure a form as possible. Gravimetric experiments to determine water of crystallisation, and to study oxidation and reduction, are used to teach the principles of stoichiometry, formulae and analysis. Many gravimetric techniques involve a reaction to produce a definite compound and then heating it to convert to a stable material of known composition. For example, bismuth may be precipitated as a cupferron complex, but must then be ignited’ strongly’ to give the stable oxide Bi2O3 [1].

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Haines, P.J. (1995). Thermogravimetry. In: Thermal Methods of Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1324-3_2

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