thermal analysis

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.

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Etymology

Origin of thermal analysis

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Blijlevens tested the salts using thermal analysis: the salt was placed on heated scales and the temperature was increased.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

He did thermal analysis of plutonium fuel spheres at the Savannah River National Laboratory and developed auxiliary cooling systems at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition to the large amount of heat liberated when a metal solidifies, there are other changes indicated by the thermal analysis of many alloys which occur after the body has become entirely solidified.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)