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Quantification of low levels of amorphous content in maltitol

M. HurttaI. Pitkänen

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Materials scienceSpecific heatAnalytical chemistryCondensed Matter PhysicsAmorphous solidchemistry.chemical_compoundDifferential scanning calorimetrychemistryContent (measure theory)MaltitolPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryGlass transitionThermal analysisInstrumentationQuantitative analysis (chemistry)

description

A method for the quantification of low levels of amorphous content of maltitol with hyper-DSC (high speed DSC) was developed. The method is based on the fact that the change of specific heat ( � Cp) at the glass transition is linearly proportional to the amorphous content. Twelve synthetic mixtures with various degrees of crystalline and amorphous maltitol were prepared. � Cp was determined at both fictive and

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2004-09-01Thermochimica Acta
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2004.01.024