Characterization of Petroleum Products with DSC

This article shows that DSC measurements allow a rapid and reliable characterization of extremely different types of petroleum products. The glass transition temperature and melting behavior provide important information on the quality of petroleum derivatives. In addition the origin of a sample of unknown petroleum can be determined because the measured curves are characteristic of the petroleum, i.e. they are ''fingerprints''. Cooling experiments yield important practical information on the crystallization behavior of petroleum derivatives.

^{Characterization of petroleum products with DSC | Thermal Analysis Application No. UC 122 | Application published in METTLER TOLEDO Thermal Analysis UserCom 12}