PerkinElmer DSC 8500 Lab System

The PerkinElmer DSC 8500 (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) features second-generation HyperDSC technology, which allows you to gain unlimited insight into the structure, properties and performance of your materials. And with hyper-enabled, double-furnace technology and better application capabilities, the DSC 8500 gives you higher accuracy and sensitivity than ever before.

Typical applications for the DSC 8500:

• Polymorph characterization in pharmaceuticals
  • Measure samples without heating induced polymorph changes
• Process studies in pharmaceuticals
  • Get a greater understanding of how the process affects the amorphouscrystalline content of the product
• Process simulation in polymers
  • See the effects your process has on the product

Features: 

• Double-furnace DSC
• HyperDSC
• Enhanced software package
• Optional 96-position autosampler
• Extremely fast controlled scanning rates to 750 °C/min
• In-situ ballistic cooling to 2100 °C/min, enabling experiments that mimic real-world processes
• Extremely fast readout rates (100 points/second) providing high data integrity
• Proven HyperDSC superiority in:
  • Isothermal crystallization
  • Polymorph/amorphous-material studies
  • High sensitivity measurements
  • Process simulation

Specifications

• Dimensions (without autosampler): 21″ W x 24″ D x 12″ H (20 x 54 x 62 cm)
• Dimensions (with autosampler): 21″ W x 24″ D x 20″ H (54 x 62 x 50 cm)
• Weight (without autosampler): 44 lb (20 kg)
• Weight (with autosampler): 66 lb (30 kg)
• Power: 100-240 Volt, 50/60 Hz

Calorimetric Performance

• Dynamic range of ±1300 mW allows applications with high energy thermal transitions to be measured
• Accuracy: <±0.2%
• Precision: <±0.03%
• Indium height/width (mW/°C) 18.4. Indium melting peak height/width at half-height. 1 mg
• Indium, 10 °C/min, nitrogen purge. No mathematical treatment to the data or correction applied.
• Indium melting time (sec) 2.3. The time between Indium melting peak onset and maximum.

Temperature Performance

• Range: -180 °C to 750 °C
• Accuracy ±0.05 °C using on-set temperatures of Indium melting peak
• Precision ±0.008 °C
• Data points/sec: 100
• Controlled heating rates: 0.01 to 750 °C/min
• Controlled cooling rates: 0.01 to 750 °C/min – depends on cooling accessory installed and cooling range selected
• In-situ ballistic sample cooling of up to 2100 °C Included
• Between-sample cooling times (100 to -100 °C with CLN2 cooling accesory): 30 seconds

Controlled Cooling 

• Ambient coolant – nitrogen purge:
  • 10 °C/min to 22 °C
  • 20 °C/min to 35 °C
  • 50 °C/min to 70 °C
  • 100 °C/min to 125 °C
• Liquid N2 coolant – helium purge:
  • 10 °C/min to -170 °C
  • 50 °C/min to -165 °C
  • 100 °C/min to -140 °C
  • 200 °C/min to -100 °C
  • 300 °C/min to -60 °C
  • 400 °C/min to -20 °C
  • 500 °C/min to 30 °C
  • 750 °C/min to 100 °C