Nonisothermal Crystallization Kinetics by DSC: Practical Overview

Author:

Vyazovkin Sergey1ORCID,Sbirrazzuoli Nicolas2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 901 S. 14th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA

2. Institute of Chemistry of Nice, University Côte d’Azur, UMR CNRS 7272, 06100 Nice, France

Abstract

Providing a minimum of theory, this review focuses on practical aspects of analyzing the kinetics of nonisothermal crystallization as measured with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It is noted that kinetic analysis is dominated by approaches based on the Avrami and Arrhenius equations. Crystallization kinetics should not be considered synonymous with the Avrami model, whose nonisothermal applications are subject to very restrictive assumptions. The Arrhenius equation can serve only as a narrow temperature range approximation of the actual bell-shaped temperature dependence of the crystallization rate. Tests of the applicability of both equations are discussed. Most traditional kinetic methods tend to offer very unsophisticated treatments, limited only to either glass or melt crystallization. Differential or flexible integral isoconversional methods are applicable to both glass and melt crystallization because they can accurately approximate the temperature dependence of the crystallization rate with a series of the Arrhenius equations, each of which corresponds to its own narrow temperature interval. The resulting temperature dependence of the isoconversional activation energy can be parameterized in terms of the Turnbull–Fisher or Hoffman–Lauritzen theories, and the parameters obtained can be meaningfully interpreted and used for kinetic simulations.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Process Chemistry and Technology,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Bioengineering

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