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Designation:E537−12

StandardTestMethodfor

TheThermalStabilityofChemicalsbyDifferentialScanning

Calorimetry1

ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE537;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearof

originaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.A

superscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.

ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.

INTRODUCTION

CommitteeE27iscurrentlyengagedindevelopingmethodstodeterminethehazardpotentialof

chemicals.AnestimateofthispotentialmayusuallybeobtainedbytheuseofprogramCHETAH7.0

tocomputethemaximumenergyofreactionofthechemicalormixtureofchemicals.2

Theexpression“hazardpotential”asusedbythiscommitteeisdefinedasthedegreeof

susceptibilityofmaterialtoignitionorreleaseofenergyundervaryingenvironmentalconditions.

Theprimarypurposeofthistestmethodistodetectenthalpicchangesandtoapproximatethe

temperatureofinitiationandenthalpies(heats)oftheseevents.Differentialscanningcalorimetryoffers

theadvantageofusingverysmallspecimensontheorderofafewmilligrams.

1.Scopetheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablish

1.1Thistestmethoddescribestheascertainmentofthe