Biological applications of a new isothermal calorimeter that simultaneously measures at four temperatures
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Summary, in English
Isothermal calorimetry is a powerful technique for the study of kinetics of physical, chemical, and biological processes, for example, of their temperature dependence. A new heat conduction calorimeter that simultaneously makes measurements on four samples at four different temperatures is presented in this article. Results from tests with four biological systems (milk fermentation, carrot juice spoilage, sunflower seed germination, and moss respiration) are shown. In all the cases, the instrument could measure the heat production rate-and thus the process rate-at the different temperatures used.
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Pages
119-126
Publication/Series
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume
104
Issue
1
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Building Technologies
Keywords
- Isothermal heat conduction calorimeter
- Biology
- Temperature
- dependence
- Arrhenius law
- Milk fermentation
- Carrot juice spoilage
- Seed germination
- Moss respiration
Conference name
16th ISBC Conference
Conference date
2010-05-31 - 2010-06-03
Conference place
Lugo, Spain
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1588-2926
- ISSN: 1388-6150