Thermoanalytical Techniques and Mineral Studies: Interpreting Dolomite’s Behaviour

A thermoanalytical technique is one that measures the physical properties of a substance based on its response to a thermal load [1][2].In a typical experimental design, a thermal program is run on a known amount of sample, and the material's response to the applied thermal load is observed on a plot created by specific software.There are at least a dozen thermoanalytical techniques, but the most widely used are those that provide chemical (rather than physical) information.Specifically, we are talking about the following techniques: thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and microthermal analysis.Among the physical information that thermoanalytical techniques can provide are: crystalline transition, second-order transition, fusion, vaporization, sublimation,