thermal analysis

noun

, Chemistry.

1. any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermal analysis¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Blijlevens tested the salts using thermal analysis: the salt was placed on heated scales and the temperature was increased.

From Science Daily

“Just like with Apollo, we want to preserve the vast majority of the samples for future scientists,” says University of Arizona planetary scientist Andrew Ryan, leader of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Physical and Thermal Analysis Working Group.

From Scientific American

A fresh graduate of Princeton in 1944, he put his name on two atomic studies that have since been unclassified and released to the public: "Thermal analysis of plutonium," and "Development of gamma-phase hot-pressing of uranium."

From The Verge

We exited the year with very strong momentum as our strategy of diversification has driven growth in non-traditional EDA applications like manufacturing, thermal analysis and embedded software, all of which grew bookings faster than the overall company.

From Forbes

He did thermal analysis of plutonium fuel spheres at the Savannah River National Laboratory and developed auxiliary cooling systems at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Time Magazine Archive