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Calorimetry, as a technique for thermal analysis, has a wide range of applications which are not only limited to studying the thermal characterisation (e.g. melting temperature, denaturation temperature and enthalpy change) of small and large drug molecules, but are also extended to characterisation of fuel, metals and oils. Differential Scanning Calorimetry is used to study the thermal behaviours of drug molecules and excipients by measuring the differential heat flow needed to maintain the temperature difference between the sample and reference cells equal to zero upon heating at a controlled programmed rate. Microcalorimetry is used to study the thermal transition and folding of biological macromolecules in dilute solutions. Microcalorimetry is applied in formulation and stabilisation of therapeutic proteins. This book presents research from all over the world on the applications of calorimetry on both solid and liquid states of materials.
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APPLICATIONS OF CALORIMETRY IN A WIDE CONTEXT DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY, ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY AND MICROCALORIMETRY Edited by Amal Ali Elkordy APPLICATIONS OF CALORIMETRY IN A WIDE CONTEXT – DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY, ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY AND MICROCALORIMETRY Edited by Amal Ali Elkordy Applications of Calorimetry in a Wide Context – Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry and Microcalorimetry http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2898 Edited by Amal Ali Elkordy Contributors Adriana Gregorova, Safia Alleg, Saida Souilah, Joan Joseph Suñol, P.V. Dhanaraj, N.P. Rajesh, Jose C. Martinez, Javier Murciano-Calles, Eva S. Cobos, Manuel Iglesias-Bexiga, Irene Luque, Javier Ruiz-Sanz, Diana Romanini, Mauricio Javier Braia, María Cecilia Porfiri, Ruel E. McKnight, Stefka G. Taneva, Sonia Bañuelos, María A. Urbaneja, Amal A. Elkordy, Robert T. Forbes, Brian W. Barry, Laura T. Rodriguez Furlán, Javier Lecot, Antonio Pérez Padilla, Mercedes E. Campderrós, Noemi E. Zaritzky, Pratima Parashar, Luis Alberto Alcazar-Vara, Eduardo Buenrostro-Gonzalez, W. Steinmann, S. Walter, M. Beckers, G. Seide, T. Gries, Eliane Lopes Rosado, Vanessa Chaia Kaippert, Roberta Santiago de Brito, R. F. B. Gonçalves, J. A. F. F. Rocco, K. Iha, Kazu-masa Yamada, Daniel Plano, Juan Antonio Palop, Carmen Sanmartín, Jindřich Leitner, David Sedmidubský, Květoslav Růžička, Pavel Svoboda, Eric A. Smith, Phoebe K. Dea, M.D.A. Saldaña, S.I. Martínez-Monteagudo Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Marina Jozipovic Typesetting InTech Prepress, Novi Sad Cover InTech Design Team First published January, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard co