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60 . DSC 6000 Installation and Hardware Guide
Performing a Temperature Calibration
The measured Onset values for indium and zinc are used to calibrate the temperature of the
DSC 4000, DSC 6000, Pyris 6 DSC and the Jade DSC. To perform the temperature calibration,
perform the following steps:
1. With either the Instrument Viewer or the Method Editor as the active window, select
Calibrate from the View menu.
The Calibrate dialog box is displayed.
2. Select the Temperature tab.
3. Enter the name of the reference material that you used.
4. Enter the expected onset temperature for the reference material in the Exp. Onset field
(for example, 156.60 for indium).
5. In the Meas. Onset field, enter the onset temperature that you obtained when you
performed the peak area with onset calculation.
6. Enter the Method used for the calibration.
7. Select the check box in the Use column for each reference material used in the
calibration.
8. Click the Save and Apply button in the Calibration window to send the new calibration
values to the analyzer and save the current calibration file.
9. Go to the Heat Flow calibration procedure or click Close to close the Calibration window
and begin using the new calibration values.
Heat Flow Calibration
It is recommended that indium be used when performing a heat flow calibration. However,
the heat flow calibration can be performed using any one of the following materials:
Calibration Substance
Cyclopentane
Gallium
Indium
Lead
Tin
Zinc
Heat of Fusion (J/g)
8.60
79.87
28.45
23.01
60.46
108.37
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