COMPLEX CALORIMETER WITH AC-MODE AND RELAXATION-MODE OPERATION

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作者
EMA, K
UEMATSU, T
SUGATA, A
YAO, H
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo, 152
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 04期
关键词
CALORIMETER; AC METHOD; RELAXATION METHOD; LATENT HEAT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MHPOBC;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.32.1846
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
A complex calorimeter has been developed. This calorimeter, which can be operated both in the ac mode and the relaxation mode using the same sample cell and the same apparatus settings, uses only a small amount (30-50 mg) of sample. An application to measurements in the vicinity of the antiferroelectric phase transitions in the liquid crystal MHPOBC(4-(1-methylheptyloxycarbonyl)-phenyl 4'-octyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate) is demonstrated. It is shown that the present calorimeter, when operated in the relaxation mode, enables detection of the latent heat with a resolution of 0.002 J/g.
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页码:1846 / 1850
页数:5
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