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. 1972 Jan-Feb;76A(1):41–49. doi: 10.6028/jres.076A.005

Table 2.

Peak and first-break temperatures of DTA curves of α and β-CaSO4· 1/2H2O

Bulk pressure (torr) Endotherm Exotherm
TPeaka(°C) Tfbb(°c) Tpeaka(°C) Tfbb(°c)
α-CaS04·1/2H20
760 198 158 217 (c)
380 182 146 200 (c)
1 132 97 163 (c)
β-CaS04·1/2H20
760 195 155 375 322
1 132 94 375 324
a

Tpeak is the peak temperature.

b

Tfb is the first-break temperature.

c

Because the endothermic and exothermic curves overlap not possible to determine Tfb for exothermic curve.