Purity Determination by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Practical Applications and Tips to Determine the Purity of a Substance
Program
- What does purity mean and how does it impact your products?
- The basics of DSC and the van’t Hoff law for purity analysis
- Advantages of DSC compared to other techniques
- Application examples – real-world purity determinations
- Interactive Q&A with our experts
The purity of ingredients, especially in pharmaceuticals and food products, is a critical quality attribute. High impurity levels can affect product efficacy, cause unexpected reactions, or even generate harmful compounds. Therefore, accurate purity determination is essential for the pharmaceutical, food, chemical, and plastics industries.
In this webinar, we will explain why differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a reliable technique for assessing the purity of organic substances, based on the thermodynamics of eutectic systems.
Join us to enhance your knowledge, ask us your questions, and discover practical applications for your industry!
What You Will Learn from This Webinar
In this session, you will learn how DSC is used to determine the purity of organic substances based on the thermodynamics of a eutectic system. We explain how the purity of a substance can be determined from a single DSC measurement using the van’t Hoff equation. Importantly, DSC purity measurements are rapid and easy to perform.
This versatile technique can be used across different industries and workplaces, including research and development, industrial synthesis, and quality control. Typical determinations by DSC include:
- Purity of ibuprofen
- Purity of p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHBA)
- Determination of eutectic impurities such as benzoic acid in dimethyl terephthalate (DMT)
Register for our upcoming live webinar to learn more about using DSC for purity determination. The webinar will conclude with a live Q&A session, so get your questions ready!
Presenter: Nicolas FedelichWith a background in chemical engineering, Nicolas joined METTLER TOLEDO in 2009 as an application specialist for thermal analysis. Before that, he gained expertise in different laboratories implementing, developing, and validating analytical methods in both the pharmaceutical and environmental fields. Nicolas also worked for three years in the field carrying out on-site customer training and providing expert thermal analysis application support. In his present position, Nicolas expertly uses, teaches, and supports DSC, TGA, TMA, and DMA instruments at the METTLER TOLEDO head office in Switzerland.
