differential thermal analysis

noun

The branch of materials science that studies the temperature dependant properties of materials compared with some reference material.

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Meanings

noundifferential thermal analysis (uncountable)

alternative DTA

  1. physicaluncountableanalytical chemistry; materials science; analytical chemistry; materials sciencechemistryThe branch of materials science that studies the temperature dependant properties of materials compared with some reference material.
noundifferential thermal analysis (plural differential thermal analyses)

plural differential thermal analyses · alternative DTA

  1. physicalanalytical chemistry; materials science; analytical chemistry; materials sciencechemistryThe application of a thermoanalytic technique involving recording any temperature difference between sample and reference materials that are undergoing identical thermal cycles.
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