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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, MA (US);
Donald J. Russell, Orem, UT (US);
David Serrell, Draper, UT (US);
Anthony E. Arnerich, Fort Collins, CO (US);
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Milford, MA (US);
Abstract
Described is a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) instrument capable of performing analyses of multiple samples at the same time. Some embodiments of DSC instruments described herein include a thermal substrate that provides a substantially uniform temperature across a surface of the substrate. A plurality of DSC units is in thermal communication with the substrate, for example, by mounting the units directly to the surface of the substrate. Each DSC unit includes a second thermal substrate for further thermal isolation, and a reference platform and sample platform to receive a reference cell and a sample cell, respectively. A thermoelectric device is disposed between each platform and the second thermal substrate. Optionally, the reference and sample cells may be disposable chips that can be discarded after measurement are performed, thereby reducing or eliminating the need to clean instrument components to prevent cross-contamination for subsequent instrument operation.